Classical Music, or just Music Literacy, Elitist? Is being educated elitist?

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/04/an_education_in_classical_musi.html


Creating a Musical Culture: Educated people would read vocal music in the Renaisannce. They were usually the aristocratic or monied merchant people. Later in history, enlightened leaders sought to educate the masses. Classical music was important to the history of nation-building and the new conscienceness of national identity. And vocal music reading was considered important to universal citizenship.

Is this reaction against music notation and Europe's cultural history, "Classical" music, etc. a phase we must pass through?