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Frequently dismissed as a state-subsidised, elitist art form, classical music creates jobs, business opportunities and wealth in the city
By E.B. | SALZBURG
THE fine arts and classical music are often assailed for consuming public money. They’re niche and unpopular, so the logic goes, and subsidising them only benefits a particular echelon of society. Tucker Carlson, a right-wing American political commentator, recently attacked the National Endowment for the Arts, a government-funded body that provides grants to American arts organisations, as “welfare for rich, liberal elites”. Others may well share this sentiment.
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