It is a truth universally acknowledged by anyone who has taught music history on an Anglophone campus: streaming platforms have intensified the characteristic presentism of the undergraduate worldview to an extent that was impossible during the days when CD booklet annotations and LP liner notes imparted painless historiographical lessons. In consequence, expecting music students in America, Australia, or even Britain to be aware of previous ages’ outstanding pianists is asking for the moon, even when these undergraduates themselves are studying piano.
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