H. L. MENCKEN ON MUSIC (222 pp.)A selection by Louis CheslockKnopf ($4.50).
LETTERS OF H. L. MENCKEN (506 pp.)Selected and annotated by Guy J. ForgueKnopf ($7.95).
There are only two kinds of music; German music and bad music. Puccini was the best of the wops. His aim was to entertain well-fed folk after dinnerand he did it very competently. Verdi is not to be heard sober, but with a few whiskies tinder my belt I enjoy the last act of II Trovatore. Chopin is a sugar-teat: his music is excellent on rainy afternoons in...
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