Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Beethoven’s Fifth: « Yes, but is it music? »
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Wagner’s Tristan: « Yes, but is it music? »
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Stravinsky’s Sacre: « Yes, but is it music? »
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Varese’s Poeme electro­nique: « Yes, but is it music? »
A jet scrapes the sky over my head and I ask: « Yes, but is it music? Perhaps the pilot has mistaken his profession? »