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"There are several chapters which are an interresting and non-technical overview of musicology. Then the book faulters as it puts people into stereotyped boxes ("you like X genre of music, therefore you also like Y and live in Z", etc.). It also fa..." Permalink

"A gigantic, exhaustive (dare I say Wagnerian?) tome, and something of a slog of a read; yet fascinating in all of its details. Such sublime music; such grand art; yet such exquisite evil. Wagner’s use of myth and music still resonates today (Star ..." Permalink