Previous postings for April 2nd may be found here: EmmyLou Harris (2019), Marvin Gaye (2020), Franz Asplmayr (2021), Franz Lachner (2022), Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (2023), Franz Lachner (2024), and Richard Taruskin (2025)
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Richard Taruskin (2 April 1945 – 1 July 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation.
Take That!
Mr. Taruskin courted controversy in nearly everything he wrote. He had a no-holds-barred approach to intellectual combat. – excerpts adapted from William Robin, "Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77," www.nytimes.com
When Richard Taruskin engaged
In polemical battle, he waged
War where his wits
Tore opponents to bits,
Leaving scholarly carnage on stage.
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