In Pierre Bourdieu's book Distinction, there's a figure (the text of which is reproduced below) representing the result of asking lots of people, in sixties France, about three particular musical pieces, and tries to show a correlation to social position.
Now, most people, including me, will react negatively to Bourdieu, saying That's not me!. Sure, but there are some important points here, and I don't want to conflate them:
First, and this is just a stickler aside, but:
Why the unevenly distributed hype for Well-tempered clavier and distaste for the plinkyplonk waltz?
I remember when I started to really like Bach—when I started programming, and later, when I studied some composition. It doesn't surprise me that teachers and artists hype it since they understand the principles behind it, and I'd also wager that something similar lies behind the distaste for Blue Danube, even though overexposition is a contributing factor.
Second, the main issue is that society somehow "values some tastes better". If that's true, that's the real problem, when equality is a goal.
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Labourers
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0
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Household servants
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3
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Craftsmen, small shopkeepers
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Commercial middle management, secretaries
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Technicians
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Primary schoolteachers
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Cultural mediators, art craftsmen
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Industrialists, commercial entrepeneurs
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Private sector executives, engineers
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14.5
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The professions
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15.5
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Secondary schoolteachers
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31.5
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Teachers in higher education, producers of art
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20.5
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27.5
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Commercial middle management, secretaries
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Technicians
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Medical and social services
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Primary schoolteachers
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Cultural mediators, art craftsmen
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Industrialists, commercial entrepeneurs
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Upper civil servants
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Private sector executives, engineers
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The professions
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Secondary schoolteachers
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12.5
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Teachers in higher education, producers of art
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12
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Labourers
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50.5
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Household servants
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Craftsmen, small shopkeepers
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Clerks
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Middle-level civil servants
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Commercial middle management, secretaries
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Technicians
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Medical and social services
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15.5
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Primary schoolteachers
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10
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Cultural mediators, art craftsmen
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12.5
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Industrialists, commercial entrepeneurs
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Upper civil servants
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20
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Private sector executives, engineers
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18.5
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The professions
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15.5
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Secondary schoolteachers
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4
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Teachers in higher education, producers of art
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