Ulvi writes:

>What you are suggesting is all fine; I would ammend it by the principle
>that the critic should keep it in mind when a piece or a composer doesn't
>appeal to him that it is possible, and sometimes highly probable, that the
>cause lies with the critic and not with the composer or the work.  ...
>The probability of a conspiracy decreases exponentially with the
>number of conspirators needed to sustain it.

This reminds me of a saying of his father that Benjamin Zander is fond of
quoting:

   "When a book and head collide and make a hollow sound, it is quite
   possible that it is not the fault of the book."

Ed