I pulled a boo-boo, not my first and if someone here doesn't choke me off undoubtedly not my last. The links were left out because they were unusable in the form I posted them. Excuse me, Dave. These are the links; they work. I tried them in plain text. This February at a public radio conference in Atlanta, a music critic named Norman Lebrecht incited accusations of Nazism from public radio music directors from around the country. The bearded, bespectacled British writer pounded his podium, shouting to the crowd..... This debate posted on MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO goes on for four parts, with interviews and sound clips from all sides. It is the best of the bunch if only because it is the wildest and most enjoyable, whichever side you ultimately take. http://news.mpr.org/features/199706/18_parisib_classical/docs/lebrecht.shtml The "venerable" Barnes and Noble posts ALL of chapter one as well as the reviews I cited in my original unworkable post. You also have the opportunity to post your reaction to the world that reads such topics. http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?sourceid=00000130950243216602&ISBN=1559724153&bfdate=08-26-1999+02:33:05 This is the link to World Paper and William Mullins, a former editor with the London-based Debrett's Peerage, who writes on artistic topics from Cambridge, Massachusetts. http://www.worldpaper.com/DEC97/mullins.html Salon Magazine uses Lebrecht's book as a point of departure to discuss the issue. They pitted their pop music columnist, Sarah Vowell, against classical music critic Paul Festa in an e-mail duel debating the merits of both forms of music. To see who's left standing, read on ... http://www.salonmag.com/june97/entertainment/classical970627.html The site below gives the British perspective, starting with the real British original "When the Music Stopped" for its now better known American incarnation "Who Killed Classical Music?" It also provides a biography of Lebrecht. http://britishbooks.site.yahoo.net/britishbooks/1447.html Again, it IS serious stuff. But these links make it enjoyable---God! I hope so. Andrew E. Carlan