Music critic of The New Yorker collects many of his weekly columns, from 1949 to 1957, and offers intelligent, personal and considered reactions rather than ironclad appraisals. His introduction analyzes the critic's intent, the triangle of composer, performer and audience, the "athletic" and technical testing points which can be exactly evaluated and the questions of taste and opinion which are less exact in examination. He goes on to detail ...
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