Sullivan, however, was at this point mainly known for his serious music.
I thought of what he was saying about why contemporary, serious music did not have that energy.
But do we have the same vitality in our serious music?
In truth, serious music as a regular part of broadcasting is long gone.
No other individual has used television so effectively to expand the public for serious music.
If anything, history was even less use than serious music, to a frontier society.
The first half of the programme presented works considered serious music at the time.
"You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously," she said.
There was not a note of serious music in Reno.
What does such decor have to do with serious music?
