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5/13/08

A Rebuttal, In Memoriam

Schoenberg just made me smile!



Sayonara.

Posted by Sator Arepo at 2:01 PM

Labels: Arnold Schoenberg, atonal music sucks, Bernard Holland, Modernism Sucks, modernist-hating pedestal, New York Times

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