Can there be such a thing as music criticism?
John Deathridge, 20 February 1986
Music and Civilisation: Essays in Honour of Paul Henry Lang
edited by Edmond Strainchamps, Maria Rika Maniates and Christopher Hatch.
Norton, 499 pp., £35, March 1985,0 393 01677 3 Show More
edited by Edmond Strainchamps, Maria Rika Maniates and Christopher Hatch.
Norton, 499 pp., £35, March 1985,
The Farthest North of Humanness: Letters of Percy Grainger 1901-1914
edited by Kay Dreyfus.
Macmillan, 542 pp., £25, December 1985,0 333 38085 1 Show More
edited by Kay Dreyfus.
Macmillan, 542 pp., £25, December 1985,
“... rejected on ethical grounds. The collection starts well, with a scrupulous examination by Christoph Wolff of Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s Messiah, which was highly respected until the advent of the historical performance movement tarnished its reputation for good. Wolff reflects on the spiritual link ... ”
