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“It can only be hoped that the overwhelming factual (not anecdotal) evidence presented herein will arouse conductors and performers of all stripes to rededi-cate themselves to serving, rather than using, the art of music—espousing the notion and principle that a great composer’s creations ought to be inherently respected and cherished. Perhaps one could then supplant the motto “nobody gives a damn about the composer” with the more benign, gracious—and simple—“all for the composer.”
― Gunther Schuller, The Compleat Conductor