What's worse is that this guy was born an American - then ended up in Europe. So, he is probably so provincial because of his guilt for being born an American. It's the only way he can salve the wounds he feels about not being a Real European...
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That's too bad for him--rejecting the American spirit that was his birthright. But, I suppose he has a right to do that, too.
Well, also you have to remember he probably has a lot of bitterness over the fact that almost nobody has written any "classical" style music that any sane human being would want to listen to since Copland.....a lot of unlistenable 12-tone Academic crap.
A lot of that is because most truly creative or skilled types are avoiding or leaving the classical paradigm.
I'm about 99.999% certain if we built a time machine and went back and kidnapped Mozart or Stravinsky when they were 16 years old and brought them to today, they'd both almost immediately abandon classical music and start a rock band. Bach? I'm not sure....