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Title: Who is Gail Altman?
Review: Who is Gail Altman? After reading this utterly fascinating little book, I am beside myself with curiosity. What strange, twisted mind would devote (waste?) thirty years of her life to researching Beethoven and produce a book like this?It is too easy, I suppose, to pick on the author. After all, her grasp of European political history seems to come from watching History Channel programs. The writing reminds me of the captions in my high school yearbook, the knowledge of current musicological research limited to the aforementioned History Channel programs, with maybe a PBS special or two thrown in.All in all, the author reminds me of a pathetic little girl who has a desperate crush on an older boy. Unable to bear it when the object of her affection behaves badly, she spends her time writing long love letters in her diary.And then for some reason it gets published as a book! Who would have thought!
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