In article <35AE57CC.27DB at ln.nimh.nih.gov>,
Bharathi Jagadeesh <bjag at ln.nimh.nih.gov> wrote:
> Music, ranks people, too, as first second
>and third chairs, and they sit according to their ranking, and there are
>music competitions where competitors are scored.
After I wrote my longer response to this, I remembered an article I read
in the New York Times a month or two ago about early music. It was only
a small part of the article, but the author mentioned in passing that
professional, mainstream classical musicians report some of the lowest
job satisfaction--on a level with prison guards. (It was in the context
of suggesting that participating in the early music movement might free
musicians from the hierarchical, competitive atmosphere they were used
to). While I think the author may have been biased in favor of the early
music movement, his comments still make me think twice about using the
musical profession as any kind of role model for our profession.
Karen
