A little question about musical education ... or is it about something else?

I was once chatting with a young woman who had just graduated with a degree in music therapy. Although she wanted to share with me the name of her favorite operatic aria which she said came from a Wagnerian opera, she could not remember the title, and promised to let me know the next time we met.

I was a little surprised. She was all of 23 and I have not often come across people who groove on Wagner at that age, much less young women. So, I was very curious. (When I was 23, I thought Wagner was beyond the pale and anyone who liked his music was a curious old antique)

Sure enough, the next time I saw her, she bounced over to me and said, "Remember the last time we talked I told you I would find out the name of my favorite aria by Wagner?"

"Of course," I replied, Verrrrry curious!!!! by now.

"When I Am Laid in Earth", she replied happily.

=*.*=

Comments? Insight?

(for reference: the aria is 'Dido's Lament' from Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas")

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*sigh*

And it all starts with our MISERABLE public school music education.

Oh, it's not that I expect the average person to know that aria ... only that I would expect a person who HAS A COLLEGE DEGREE in a music related field AND claims it to be their favorite ... you'd think they'd know!

*sigh*

I'd be happy if the average person could tell the difference (roughly) between classical and baroque music!

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You need to get out less.|||Hum....

Does she looks boyish?|||She missed the "ed" part of the music ed degree.

And of course, Purcell and Wagner sound SO much alike.......

A little question about musical education ... or is it about something else?

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