> it was universally condemned by contemporary music critics Reading Slonimsky's Lexicon of Musical Invective: critical assaults on composers since Beethoven's

> it was universally condemned by contemporary music critics Reading Slonimsky's Lexicon of Musical Invective: critical assaults on composers since Beethoven's time, entirely made up of contemporary condemnation of what seems every famous composer since (and including) Beethoven, I get the impression you could say this about any of their works. (free to borrow) ebook: https://archive.org/details/lexiconofmusical00nico/page/42/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/lexiconofmusical00nico/page/42/m...