""You mean there are people who can't tell that opera and symphonic music are more complex and demanding to compose and perform than hip-hop and trad?

No way. If so, they're beyond hope.

I'm not crazy about opera, but even I know that much.""

If that was not a direct response to my post Lighter, then ignore this.

If it was a direct response you missed my point entirely.

I was talking about those who try to establish exclusive ownership of those genres by pricing and/or embarrassing what they would call the plebs out of participation.

Think Glyndebourne, for which a "Right Honourable" prefix to one's name, or a foreign diplomatic position are prerequisites for having any real chance of getting tickets.

Disliking, or liking, certain genres is not a definition of snobbery, even if one is crass enough to think that one's dislike makes a genre crap.

A snob is one who believes that the rest of the world is too stupid to understand or participate in his chosen genre (whichever one that is) and should therefore be kept out.

Don T.