Robert Tracinski: Is Music Theory Racist?

0:00 – Intro and welcoming Robert Tracinski
1:38 – Gary the Trump defender and being contrarian
3:45 – Objectivism, classical liberalism, and politics
6:07 – Free speech and ruling opponents out of bounds
8:47 – Defending the classics and Heinrich Schenker
11:04 – The "inequality of tones" and guilt by association
12:49 – Ellsworth Toohey and attacks on greatness
14:14 – Beethoven's Fifth and recognizing greatness
16:13 – CEO pay and what is not seen
20:27 – How schools dumbed down the arts
22:57 – Student loans and the decline of liberal arts
23:33 – Empty seats at dance, opera, and symphony
26:53 – Modernism and the death of the highbrow
30:21 – Reading only books about people like you
31:34 – Adapting Shakespeare across cultures
33:06 – Teaching Twelfth Night and playing in King Lear
35:46 – Original pronunciation and American accents
38:48 – Seeing Michelangelo's David in Florence
42:56 – How the culture war ends: culture wins
44:45 – The theory of wokeness relativity
47:10 – Honor, dignity, and victimhood cultures
49:18 – Identity, achievement, and taking credit
53:00 – What objectivism really is
56:20 – Doing your work your way
58:16 – Sinatra, pop music, and classical roots
1:00:58 – Amateur music making and wrap-up