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Sydney Grew
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« on: 12:28:08, 19-07-2008 »


Yesterday we sent off not only for all the Feinberg Sonatas but also for some books, among which are: The Life and Death of Classical Music: Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made, by the admirable Mr. Lebrecht, and


Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations, by a Professor Lewin now expired - a Northern American composer with whose name we have hitherto been unfamiliar.

Which book will in Members' expectation turn out to be the more informative and worth-while?
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« Reply #1 on: 10:41:01, 20-07-2008 »
Quote from: Sydney Grew on 12:28:08, 19-07-2008
Which book will in Members' expectation turn out to be the more informative and worth-while?

The phone book.
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oliver sudden
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« Reply #2 on: 10:43:39, 20-07-2008 »

Speaking of the salt-and-pepper beard look I'd be knuckling down to Lachenmann's Musik als existentielle Erfahrung before either of those but that's just personal.

Nice to see the adm... no, can't go there, have to stick with just plain Mr Lebrecht coming out with a list of things he actually likes though. Maybe there's hope yet.
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richard barrett
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« Reply #3 on: 11:10:33, 20-07-2008 »
I don't know about the beard or the book, but I can see I should have included that photo of Prof Helmut in my Extreme Combovers post.
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« Reply #4 on: 11:12:41, 20-07-2008 »
Quote from: Sydney Grew on 12:28:08, 19-07-2008
Which book will in Members' expectation turn out to be the more informative and worth-while?

The Book of Matthew; 7:15.
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« Reply #5 on: 11:15:00, 20-07-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 11:12:41, 20-07-2008
Quote from: Sydney Grew on 12:28:08, 19-07-2008
Which book will in Members' expectation turn out to be the more informative and worth-while?
The Book of Matthew; 7:15.

Mr Lebrecht's profits are anything but false I would imagine.
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