#牛津期刊# 诺贝尔文学奖得主George Bernard Shaw（乔治·伯纳德·萧）曾是音乐评论家？快来看他于1920年发表于Music & Letters期刊上的文章。http://t.cn/AX6XFhEB

在文章中，萧伯纳对Edward Elgar（爱德华·埃尔加）的作品进行了评价。在妙语连珠、充满幽默感的表达中，萧伯纳将Edward Elgar与古典大师和同代音乐家进行对比，点明了Edward Elgar的与众不同之处。欢迎试读文章内容，如有兴趣，请阅读原文进行深入了解。

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Elgar has certainly never let any pedantry stand in his way. He has indeed not been aware of its academic stumbling blocks; for, like Bach, he has never been taught harmony and counterpoint. A person who had been corrupted by Day’s treatise on harmony once tried to describe a phrase of Wagner’s to him by a reference to the chord of the supertonic. Elgar opened his eyes wide and, with an awe that was at least very well acted, asked “What on earth is the chord of the supertonic?” And then, after a pause, “What is the supertonic? I never heard of it.”

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