As I mentioned in my previous post, Classical: Music To My Ears Part One , there is elitism associated with classical music. In Country & Western (C&W) music something else is at play: classism. As with classical music I have heard, equally, people dismiss the Country & Western genre outright and I suspect this is due to a notion that involves race, place - the southern United States, and perceptions of intellect. While those that do listen to classical music may have an arrogance embedded in their reasons for listening, in some ways those that don't listen to Country & Western have their own type of elitism. Like Jazz, Country & Western music is a unique American creation and it might be interesting to note that one is dominated by Afro-Americans and the other, by White Americans with both emanating from the Southern regions of the United States where slavery had a stronghold at one time. I suspect this separation of race and music was a necessary consequen...
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