Pablo Massa replies to Chris Bonds's quotes from Tovey:

>>When Tovey writes about music, it is from the perspective of a practicing
>>musician and composer who understands what other composers do on a very
>>practical level.
>
>That's a myth.  A composer does not always understands what does another
>composer do "on a very practical level".  Actually, it could be said that
>the worst enemies of a composer are often his own colleagues.  Check the
>judgements of Brahms on the symphonies of Bruckner, or the judgements of
>Strawinsky on the music of Berlioz.

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.

Steve Schwartz