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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2006/10
From: philfrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: QOD...Surviving the Critical Review
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:57:36 -0400
This is your strategy for "survival": counter-attack?
Sniping at a critic's degree in Forestry, or lack of Music degree,
seems like a dubious strategy, to me. Doesn't that imply that the
proper appreciation of your performances requires a Doctorate? If so,
you're going to have to do a lot of "educating" to build any sort of
following, as most of us don't have Ph.D.'s in Music History.
Fortunately, the critic as voiced a willingness to put himself in a
position, via the interview, to learn more about what your group is
doing and to pass the word on to his review-reading public. Will this
opportunity remain if the fellow finds out he is being disrespected
behind his back, or if he confronts condescension in the interview?
Phil Freihofner
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:22:12 EDT
>To: doublereed@-----.org
>From: Oboeeee@-----.com
>Subject: Re: [DR-L] QOD...Surviving the Critical Review
>
>Dear Herb and All,
>
>The critical plot thickens. Our "critic" is writing a book on the
works of=
>=20
>H=E4ndel vs the literature of French baroque composer, Jean-Philippe
Rameau=
>=20
>(1683-1764). As many of you may know, John Hsu is a renowned
authority on=20
>French baroque scholarship and performance. John's discreet comment
on the=
>=20
>"private interview" with critic Pierre was..."he knows almost enough
to ask=
> a =20
>question."
>
>John Hsu is a refined gentleman. He will maintain his "cool." Stay
tuned=20
>for an update on ABO reviews as they unfold in "Breaking News"!
AND...I kn=
>ow=20
>you will all line up at your local bookstore for Pierre's new
publication=20
>most likely titled, "The Music of H=E4ndel and Rameau-Notes from the
Forest=
>=20
>Through the Trees." ;-)
>
>Warm Regards,
>Janie
>Developing a thicker skin
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