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Into every critic’s life little Schmidt must fall

Into every critic’s life little Schmidt must fall

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

Into every musical life, a little Schmidt must fall. I cannot count the conductors who have tried to persuade me that the Viennese cellist Franz Schmidt  belongs among the ranks of great composers, or the number of hours I have devoted to attempts to understand their devotion. In vain. Once I’m over admiring the brilliance of the scoring, what then?…

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En francais ici.

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