tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post3848527202507492103..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Lowell LiebermanCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-13113520276208300632011-02-01T17:22:38.651-05:002011-02-01T17:22:38.651-05:00Thank you. I remember the review. You are except...Thank you. I remember the review. You are exceptionally tactful. <br /><br />And a good critic.Martin Fritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529452029517959009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-9118952067141510932011-01-31T18:49:34.008-05:002011-01-31T18:49:34.008-05:00And here is my own review of The Letter.And here is my own <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/08/ionarts-at-santa-fe-letter.html" rel="nofollow">review</a> of <i>The Letter</i>.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-26222555045934702782011-01-31T18:37:19.120-05:002011-01-31T18:37:19.120-05:00Well that would have been before "The Letter&...Well that would have been before "The Letter" so I apologize for my accusation of self-dealing.<br /><br />Regarding that opera, here's Anne Midgette's review:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602496_pf.htmlMartin Fritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529452029517959009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-16262116337424318952011-01-31T17:50:12.006-05:002011-01-31T17:50:12.006-05:00Thanks for the comment. FYI, the Teachout article ...Thanks for the comment. FYI, the Teachout article linked here was published back in 2000.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-78929275537568924762011-01-31T17:47:41.628-05:002011-01-31T17:47:41.628-05:00Goodness, does Terry Teachout have to be such scol...Goodness, does Terry Teachout have to be such scold? There's a lot of Elliot Carter that's actually quite enjoyable and his string quartets are major contribution to the literature. <br /><br />Regarding Shostakovich as and example of the contemporary foolish. It's OK to laud Paul Moravec but he should have mentioned that they were collaborators on an opera premiered at Santa Fe Martin Fritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529452029517959009noreply@blogger.com