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The impact and fundamental importance of recordings in making accessible the vast musical repertoire we enjoy today, is undeniable. So the whole question of how and why certain composers' works, and traditions, are considered mainstream, and others, of little or no consequence, is of great...

Wagner: a biography, by Curt von Westernhagen. Pub: Cambridge University Press, Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB; 2 volumes: price £1250 each.

Arthur Fiedler was a remarkable man, and in one respect at least he was, I think, unique. Has there ever been another world famous musician of his stature who spent so much of his whole life in the service of music in the town of his birth?