Is Michael Chabon a vocal proponent of early music in American public schools? Or is he merely a nescient novelist?
Our children need training and encouragement and support—they need rehearsal space and tempera paint and bass violins."Postamble" to the Obama campaign's arts platform. Emphasis added.
On Remixing Obama: This sort of personal emendation seems to fit in nicely with change.gov's new copyright policy
The term bass violin refers to what is literally a large violin, not a cello or double bass (or contrabass, if you like). A bass violin is an "early music" instrument like a violone.
Chabon would likely have Obama convert innocuous elementary school orchestras into elite period instrument ensembles replete with gambas, recorders (non-plastic, one would assume), theorbos and sackbuts.
The breathy offerings of school choirs would transmogrify into straight-tone prepubescent polyphony.
Now that's the kind of wealth I like to spread.
On classical music and instrument terminology: Prepared piano is really a "modded" piano.
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