Classical Music, Why Bother?

The famous quip I don''t know much about art, but I know what I like sums up many people''s ideas about how to judge a work of art; but there are inherent limitations if we rely on immediate impressions in judging what should be enduring products of our culture. While some might criticize this as a return to elitism, Joshua Fineberg argues that without some way of determining intrinsic value, ther...