The Cowsills In Magazines

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"Serious" and "light" music have had their vogues, but both are not only frightfull but frightening. Is Mozart's Musical Joke more serious than the Cowsills' Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine? Is the Nutcraker heavier than Folsome Prison Blues? "Cerebral," as opposed to "viscernal," has also been suggested but, connotations aside, surely many a Schubert sonatina is both less cerebral and less visceral than some of Paul Desmond's or Lenny Tristano's jazz numbers.

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