Jocelyn Wang wrote:

>Whenever critics adopt such a self-inflated role, I cannot help but think
>of the eunuch analogy.

And what is the eunuch analogy? That one should not take the measure
of a child unless one has been able to procreate himself? I find this
sophomoric.

>All the critics combined have not contributed to music as much as even a
>single, semi-talented composer.

For that "single, semi-talented composer," I nominate Deems Taylor.  As for
the full-talented, how about Virgil Thomson?

John Dalmas
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