Fair enough! The 'classics' are very much of their time and place, of course, as perhaps all music is - although some stands the test of time and repeated listening (and interpretations) much better than most. I don't like Copland, for example, although everyone seems to adore his Fanfare for the Common Man - possibly because I think it's a bit retrograde to the grandiloquency of past masters, and I'm not sure that attaching 'common' to the piece elevates the commoner. I understand what he's saying - that because one's a common person, not of high birth, there is no reason not to celebrate that social stratum, and what it has contributed to the world en masse.
