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RE: Are music critics to be ignored?

Objective performance standards would be worthless to me. Lang Lang has extraordinary technique, but leaves me cold, whereas Artur Rubinstein, at the end of his career, made frequent mistakes but left his audiences in a swoon.

I used to say, "No one ever made a statue to a critic," until someone here pointed out that there *is* a statue of a critic somewhere. A good critic can bring a lot to the table, such as how to approach a difficult piece; how to *get* it. Alex Ross is one of those. His book "And the Rest is Noise" on 20th century music is brilliant.

Critics can help, but use your own ears.

WW
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