Jocelyn Wang <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>I never said that critics were entirely useless.  I did say that their
>contribution to music amounts to less than that of composers, even minor
>ones.  My gripe is not with all critics, just those who think and act as
>though their hyperbole constitutes evidence that they are more important
>than they actually are.

Bit oblique to the point Ms Wang makes, but there are important musicians
who perform even better as (lofty) critics.  Two that come to mind are
Robert Craft and Rosen.

Denis Fodor