Steve Schwartz responds to Pablo Massa:

>>However, I don't understand why do you say that Hanslick "might not get
>>much not recognition now"
>
>I think all Stirling meant was that very few people, even those interested
>in classical music, read any of these guys nowadays.  Other than excerpts
>translated into English, I've never read Hanslick to the extent that I've
>read the critical works of Berlioz, Schumann, Debussy, and Shaw.

Peter Kivy, a nusically trained philosopher who has published about
eight books and a lot of articles on musical aesthetics, makes much of
Hanslick, who is read at least in aesthetics circles.

Jim Tobin