How much we 'ancients' missed.

I'm listening to Vivaldi this morning. Beautiful music. Mandolin concerti. Flute concerti. Basso continuo concerti. And I'm thinking how lucky I am. Because I live in the year 2009. If I had lived when Vivaldi lived, I most likely would never have heard any of his music. Because I would have had to hear it live. Now I have thousands of compact discs. I listen to music daily. Hardly go by a day without wonderful music. The finest music in the world. I hear far more music than the greatest composers ever heard in their lifetimes. But I suppose people living in the future will be reflecting on how much we 'ancients' missed. --Jim Broede