Monday, September 20, 2021

Embracing the Minimalist Genre


September 19, 2021


Apparently made optimistic by my minuscule donation to the virtual Met Gala of 2020, the Metropolitan Opera sent me a fundraising letter, with the promise of goodies should I come through.

For a $100 donation, I could get a calendar or a tote bag. 

For $500, they would gift me with a DVD of Puccini’s Turandot or a DVD of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten.

The incentives all seemed pretty puny for the amount of the donation. 


It could have been worse, though. They could have offered a CD of John Cage’s “4’33”. (Look it up.)


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