tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post7396667594872751164..comments2024-01-10T17:22:13.898-08:00Comments on Mary Kunz Goldman - Music Critic: Bad archbishopHoward Goldman http://www.blogger.com/profile/11835068305524570405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-60571271142288755752010-12-11T09:52:49.342-08:002010-12-11T09:52:49.342-08:00(Sound of sardonic laughter)(Sound of sardonic laughter)Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-41175000370925024172010-12-10T13:17:44.437-08:002010-12-10T13:17:44.437-08:00Prof G, why don't you stop with your stupid, a...Prof G, why don't you stop with your stupid, athiest comments. Your very annoying and nobody cares what you think. We support this blogger and all good Catholics. And she's a music critic and your not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-10309480172127923042010-12-07T05:48:32.260-08:002010-12-07T05:48:32.260-08:00I knew a woman who decided, in the tradition of de...I knew a woman who decided, in the tradition of devout Irish Catholic women, that her oldest son would be a priest. Oldest son had been a good altar boy and liked the pageantry of latin high mass. Vatican II came along, concurrent with oldest son's epiphany with classical music. Oldest son lost interest in the Catholic Church, but developed into a quite passable organist. Mother grew to hate him, and he grew to hate her for sabotaging his musical progress. It took oldest son many years to realize that his mother's attitude was that of many of the clergy: Music in church challenged the supremacy of the prelate, and, rather than being looked upon as the gift of God (God, incidentally, was supremely generous to the world by giving it Mozart), it was seen as Satanic in its seductive power, and they did all they could to keep music in church the property of the untalented.<br /><br />As people fashion deities to their beliefs and prejudies, they also fashion worship to their own wishes, and think that their way is the only way. But you know what? The greatness of a Mozart, or, for that matter, a Bach, Beethoven, Verdi or whoever, exists independently of the opinions of prelates, liturgy makers or Irish Catholic mothers. As long as the values of Western culture exist (admittedly another iffy proposition), the accomplishments of these small g gods will be there for those who take nourishment from them. And these secular miracles are not based on myth and blind faith. <br /><br />Besides, who would remember Colleredo except for his connection with Mozart?Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.com