Steve Schwartz:

>Well, to check out how well Tovey understood other composers, check out
>his writings on Brahms, Beethoven, Wagner, Bruckner, Schumann, Schubert,
>Mozart, Haydn, etc., as well as his articles in Grove.

Oh, Tovey was a fine critic, indeed.  Let me quote what Chris Bonds says
about this:

>the difference is I think that while Tovey composed, he did not see
>himself as being in competition to the composers whose works he discussed
>in his notes and essays.

Actually, very few people could see him as being in such competition...
;-)

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