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Back in 1943, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein anticipated an idea, revolutionary at the time, which is central to modern crowdfunding of the arts: that loving=donating. In this great country alone there are many thousands of performing musicians. A small annual donation of $1 each will bring in a substantial permanent income and, with the joint co-operation and contributions of other groups and organizations, will go a long way toward establishing a composers’ fund… Whatever action we take now will lay the groundwork for the impelling and just cause of the composer. Read the rest in BrainPickings brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/08/28/leonard-bernstein-serge-koussevitzky-letters/ --
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:04:30 +0000

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