Monday, July 21, 2008

The State of Classical Music Criticism: Bloggers' Views

Since my previous post, several of the most respected classical music bloggers have expressed their views on the continuing decline of arts criticism at major newspapers. Here are some relevant posts, all written with much more elegance and originality than I could ever hope to convey:

Marc Geelhoed, on the Internet's impact on newspaper criticism–here.

Norman Lebrecht, one of the most caustic and opinionated people on the Web–here, here, and here.

Tim Mangan–here.

Justin Davidson, discussing the slow death of newspapers–here.