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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Babeness Revisted
Looks like my big mouth has gotten me in trouble again. A certain Annet Maseland writes:
Hi there,
Here is a Dutch journalist writing about babeness in the classical music for the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland. Babeness is not a brand new phenomenon, but still interesting enough and fairly new for the Netherlands. Questions are: is it possible for a female musician to be succesful - and ugly? And: is being classified as a babe an advantage or a disadvantage?
On your site Sequenza, it struck me what was written about Wu Man: "In addition to being a rightous goodlooking babe, Wu Man is probably the best pipa player alive"
- Did you write this and could you answer why a male critic like yourself writes about a female appearance, since it seems of no importance at all, especially for a recording.
- Or was this meant as a joke?
I would really appreciate this if you could answer the question or perhaps deliberate some more about the topic, is it for example possible to call you and what would be a right time and date?
As fate would have it, I have something I need to do to pay the rent today but I will return to these questions when time permits. In the meantime, I will simply say that I believe "babeness" in classical music also applies to men and throw the floor open for your thoughts.
posted by Jerry Bowles
4/12/2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
On your site Sequenza, it struck me what was written about Wu Man: "In addition to being a rightous goodlooking babe, Wu Man is probably the best pipa player alive"
