[Publius6961]

More important question: Would he be nearly as loved if people were well-educated about musical arts? I don't think so. Put in a different way, could you fully understand and enjoy baseball if you didn't know the rules? Of course not. It's the heartwarming human interest story people are reacting to, not his vocal production.

The elitist view of the world.
Why is it necessary to repeat this?

Many universally-loved composers today were similarly attacked by the cogniscenti. The common folk, the unwashed, is what makes certain things "universal", for better or for worse.

[MaestroLC]

The elitist view of the world. Why is it necessary to repeat this? Many universally-loved composers today were similarly attacked by the cogniscenti. The common folk, the unwashed, is what makes certain things "universal", for better or for worse.

You are saying that the mass public would enjoy baseball without learning the rules of the game? Ridiculous.

I'd rather have a public that's well-educated in art music make up their own minds than sheeple basking in the latest marketing blitz.