It seems we classical musicians feel lucky if nowadays the general public has any familiarity at all with classical music. We don’t even mind if a certain amount of music gets called classical that didn’t used to be. It was way back in 1990 that the Three Tenors won a Grammy for “Best Classical Vocal Performance” with a CD that included “Memory” from the musical “Cats,” the 1940s French pop hit “La vie en rose,” and the “West Side Story” songs “Maria” and “Tonight.” However, it was not too long ago that the public actually had a pretty good knowledge of traditional classical music. Leonard Bernstein’s “Young People’s Concerts” were even aired in weekend prime time on CBS during the 1960s. Pretty much everyone knew Disney’s movie “Fantasia” and its musical selections. It was not uncommon to see performances of classical music in the Miss America talent competition and on …