Howard,
before you really set out to position yourself as a shallow critic: you
should at least try to acquaint yourself with Reger's music (a lot of it is
rather grand, FYI...).
You may even try some on your baroque lute, if you have scruples:
http://polyhymnion.org/swv/images/REGER.pdf
RT
From: "howard posner" <howardpos...@ca.rr.com>
Composer/organist Max Reger had the best response to a bad review when
he wrote to his reviewer: "I am sitting in the smallest room of my
house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be
behind me."
Reger was actually paraphrasing Voltaire: “Dear Sir, I am seated in
the smallest room in the house. Your letter is before me. Soon it
will be behind me.” Reger was hardly capable of such pithiness."
Nonetheless, this is the only famous thing Reger ever wrote, far
outstripping any of his music. It even conveyed a bit of immortality
on Rudolf Louis, the critic, without actually disputing anything he
said.
Quick show of hands: can anyone remember ever hearing Reger's
Sinfonietta, which was the work Louis had panned? Let's not all
speak up at once...
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