Lexicon of musical invective

About “Lexicon of musical invective”

The Lexicon of Musical Invective is a musicological work by Nicolas Slonimsky. First published in 1953, it was revised and expanded in 1965. The book collects negative musical criticism, focusing on works that later became part of the standard classical repertoire and on composers who are now considered canonical, such as Beethoven and Varèse. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)