It looks like this part of the forum needs a bit of action so I would like to post an ethics question.
I have digitized my classical CD collection of over 1000 CDs. To whom may I ethically give a copy?
Case 1 - my daughter - one of the happiest days of my father's life was when I asked to investigate his record collection at age 17. We always had something to talk about when we got together. I took my daughter to her first concert at Philly when she was 4 and she burst into tears at the loud noise. She eventually got used to it, but I wouldn't say she has totally got the bug yet. I think it will come in some fashion in future years. She took a visiting friend to hear the Sydney Symphony (Beethoven 5) and reported back that it was a performance that lacked oomph so she is able to judge performances though she famously got bored with Rattle conducting a Mahler 5th with Philly. She will inherit my collection.
Case 2 - my older sister - I trust her judgement when it comes to classical music and I can't say that about too many people. She has a much smaller collection of a 100 or so CDs.
Case 3 - I am doing a house exchange with a family in Germany. The husband plays in the local orchestra. He has about 100 CDs mostly of orchestral and opera, and he is big on Bernstein as composer and conductor. There is virtually no solo or chamber music. To me he needs his horizons expanded and I suspect he won't do it himself.
Case 4 - my brother in law has a few classical CDs that he plays in back ground mode while he works. He intermixes the classical with jazz and light listening.
Case 5 - other devotees of classical
I'm struggling with the dilemma between ownership of the performance with the need to reward the performers and evangelicalism of getting people to enjoy more forms of classical music (and go to concerts).
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I have digitized my classical CD collection of over 1000 CDs. To whom may I ethically give a copy?
Case 1 - my daughter - one of the happiest days of my father's life was when I asked to investigate his record collection at age 17. We always had something to talk about when we got together. I took my daughter to her first concert at Philly when she was 4 and she burst into tears at the loud noise. She eventually got used to it, but I wouldn't say she has totally got the bug yet. I think it will come in some fashion in future years. She took a visiting friend to hear the Sydney Symphony (Beethoven 5) and reported back that it was a performance that lacked oomph so she is able to judge performances though she famously got bored with Rattle conducting a Mahler 5th with Philly. She will inherit my collection.
Case 2 - my older sister - I trust her judgement when it comes to classical music and I can't say that about too many people. She has a much smaller collection of a 100 or so CDs.
Case 3 - I am doing a house exchange with a family in Germany. The husband plays in the local orchestra. He has about 100 CDs mostly of orchestral and opera, and he is big on Bernstein as composer and conductor. There is virtually no solo or chamber music. To me he needs his horizons expanded and I suspect he won't do it himself.
Case 4 - my brother in law has a few classical CDs that he plays in back ground mode while he works. He intermixes the classical with jazz and light listening.
Case 5 - other devotees of classical
I'm struggling with the dilemma between ownership of the performance with the need to reward the performers and evangelicalism of getting people to enjoy more forms of classical music (and go to concerts).
ray
