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Pros
A good book of musical anecdotes and analyses for the layman and the connoisseur. It is an effective counterweight to the intellectual snobbery perpetrated by too much music criticism.
The tone of the book is reflected in its subtitle, “a personal guide. The author weaves with the exposition his personal and insightful experiences. A gem of clarity and focus.
Cons
The author shows a complete disregard for grammar.
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And the new understanding this book has given me will help me more thoroughly appreciate the wealth of recordings in the new bach 333 set
” i like this book as much as i do because it is an effective counterweight to the intellectual snobbery perpetrated by too muc... Read More
I wont quibble about the missed composers or the ones that he included that resulted in me scratching my head only to write tha... Read More
Finally his tastes are very broad ranging far beyond classical music and his writing bridges gaps between musical forms in a healthy manner
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Many of these names would overlap with anyone’s personal list but there would also be differences
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- This product had a total of 114 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 29 2024.
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By the title the indispensable composers tommasini is not claiming that the 17 composers he focuses on are necessarily the greatest
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Many of these names would overlap with anyone’s personal list but there would also be differences
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Others would want to add bruckner or tchaikovsky
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The point is tommasini’s ability to relate the importance of his chosen composers to him and to classical music overall
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Finally his tastes are very broad ranging far beyond classical music and his writing bridges gaps between musical forms in a healthy manner
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It is repugnant arrogance for example to reject gounod’s faust as virtually without merit an opinion still in circulation and broadcast by various critics
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