Ian Pace

How the culture wars are killing Western classical music

People are increasingly made to feel guilt or shame for loving or teaching Bach, Beethoven or Wagner

Striking the wrong note: musicologist Philip Ewell claimed that Beethoven (pictured here in Ferdinand Waldmüller’s 1823 portrait) was little more than an ‘above average composer’. Credit: Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo
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