Re: Classical Radio Prepositions

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:03:29 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.recordings
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 03:39:39 GMT, mmelson4**NOSPAM**@attbi.com (The
Melsons) wrote:
>Maybe I'm just getting crankier with age - but am I alone in thinking
>that most of the announcers we hear on classical radio these days are
>much less knowledgable and articulate than those of a generation or
>two ago?
>
>My latest peeve is the careless use of prepositions. Our local station
>is full of people with the bad habit of saying "and now, FROM
>Beethoven..." In the good old days the music was BY Beethoven and FROM
>the station library!
>
>Another irritant is the habit they have of saying "with Claudio Abbado
>at the podium." AT the podium? Not on? What about just "with Claudio
>Abbado conducting?" We even hear the careless phrase "that was Itzhak
>Perlman AT the violin..."
>
>Irascibly yours,
>
>Mark Melson
>
The BBC still gets it right, but they only employ those with training
in classical music to present classical music programmes. On the other
hand, Classic fm employ presenters who know next to nothing about
music, but a lot about presenting. If they get anything correct it's
more by luck than anything else.
Jeffrey Smith.
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