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...becoming a painter--obstacles that are almost unimaginable today. Boston had no drawing schools or art collections; a cabinetmaker there could see first-class examples of English furniture, which the elite of Massachusetts bought in quantity, but no budding artist could lay eyes on an original work by Sir Joshua Reynolds, let alone by Rembrandt or Raphael. With luck he could see a few prints (the show contains some eager attempts by the young Copley to copy mythological subjects from mezzotints), but that...
...modern recording era has spawned a curious new breed of conductor who feels compelled to commit anything and everything to disc, even if he has little to say. A highly unscientific survey of the current Schwann catalog highlights Herbert von Karajan, Neeme Jarvi, and Sir Neville Marriner as some of the more egregious offenders...
Hook me up. Ma'am. Buddy. Miss. Sir...
...yours. Ma'am. Buddy. Miss. Sir...
...SIR, I PLEAD NOT GUILTY...