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Mitch Friedfeld wrote:
>This is the second gratuitious slam at Norman Lebrecht in the recent past
>by the same poster. Not that Mr. Lebrecht needs any defense from me, but
>I don't find such remarks constructive in the least.
I have no qualms whatsoever about taking gratuitous slams at Norman
Lebrecht. He has published word upon endless word of "slam" against
nearly every major figure in the musical world. His tomes are little better
than gossip columns, he is an insufferable nay-sayer, and his penchant for
carlessness in his fact-checking has been exposed time and again in the
review columns of fine musical journals. His dirt-dishing in "The Maestro
Myth" is abominable, yea, despicable for many reasons, not the least of
which is that he chose to unleash tirades on dozens of men long dead
and unable to defend themselves.Were he to write a sequel for living
conductors, he'd be sued into abject poverty. If there is anything in the
world that lacks the costructive, it is this mission of Lebrecht's to cast
doom, gloom, rumor and poison penmanship over the entire art form.
Kevin Sutton
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