It is pretty silly that the German music critic Oscar Schmitz's 1904 comment calling Great Britain “the land without music” was taken seriously for so long. York Bowen certainly proved Schmitz wrong. This piece, written in 1918, is still fresh after nearly 100 years.
I find it amusing that Oscar Schmitz doesn't seem to be known for anything aside from this (clearly faulty) claim.
Anna Kolotylina, who comes from the Ukraine, plays in the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra.
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