HOT PLATE! Print Edition

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The Worst Music Reviews Ever

The Worst Music Reviews Ever

FROM SLONIMSKY’S “LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE”

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Karl Straub
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HOT PLATE! Print Edition is about the arts, mostly, and the nuts and bolts that go into the making of art. Today we’re looking at awful then-contemporary reviews of now-revered composers.

Professional critics, from time to time, give us valuable insight into how art works.

Okay, that’s enough about that. Let’s get to the red meat!

Critics are not always…

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