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If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period—with a possible exception in the case of The Creation.
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On the first performance of Stravinsky's Symphony of Wind Instruments dedicated to Debussy, in London:
I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.
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Ernest Newman
Born:
November 30, 1868
Died:
July 7, 1959
(aged 90)
Bio:
Ernest Newman was an English music critic and musicologist. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes him as "the most celebrated British music critic in the first half of the 20th century.
Known for:
The Wagner operas (1949)
The life of Richard Wagner (1933)
Wagner As Man and Artist (1904)
A Study of Wagner (1899)
A musical motley (1919)
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