Jocelyn Wang ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
>>...  Mainly through his writings on the operas, Shaw taught at least
>>English speakers how to listen to Mozart.  I submit he performed a
>>service for which we should all be grateful.
>
>Yes, but to suggest that what Shaw wrote about music is as much a
>contribution as the music itself, or even comes close, would be highly
>inaccurate (I won't say "ignorant").

Yes, but Steve didn't say that.  Or, to be more prcise, he was replying to
your original assertion that (I precis) no critic has ever contributed even
as much as the most 2nd-rate composer.

Deryk Barker
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