Random Thoughts on the Bayreuth Festival
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015By Frank Cadenhead The book isn’t next to me in my hotel room at Bayreuth, but otherwise it is always within arm’s reach. Nicolas Slonimsky’s Lexicon of Musical Invective, an illuminating collection of music criticism at its worse, is a vast parade of bonehead reviews of the great classics. It is an obvious reminder that […]
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