George Richard Marek (1902–1987)

An interesting paradox arises frm this book. Even though such incomparable Bach performers as Landowska, Casals, Szigeti, and Schweitzer were in their prime when this book was written, and incomparable scholarship by such as Terry and Boughton had long-since been readily available, the average music-lover's sense of the trus Bach sound, and the spirit behind it, would have to wait another generation before approaching anything like the truth. Even so, this book is a charmer, and is useful in the Johnsonian sense of dictionareis and watches: the best isn't nearly good enough, and the worst is better than nothing.… (mer)