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Monday, June 1, 2009

Wish I'd said that

The New Yorker's Alex Ross observes in Mahler's Eighth Symphony "certain grandly bustling passages that can sound like official memos from the Gesamtkunstwerk Corporation":

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/06/08/090608crmu_music_ross

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Clarke Bustard: A music critic and cultural writer based in Richmond, VA, Bustard has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch since 1971. He also has contributed to Style Weekly in Richmond, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines, the webzine NewMusicBox and other publications. Bustard is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, as well as awards from state and national press associations.

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