“Makes up in enthusiasm what it lacks in clarity.”
+ − Ath p114 Mr ’19 60w
“M. Jean-Aubry is one of those enthusiastic apologists who almost disarm criticism by their sheer ingenuousness. Were it a volume of recent production, and a serious attempt at criticism, one would indeed be compelled to call his judgments in question on almost every page. A pamphlet which was opportune in 1909 may be rather tiresome ten years later.” R. O. M.
− + Ath p757 Ag 15 ’19 550w
“The critical judgments of some of the older chapters and the propagandist tendency make the book somewhat untimely.”
+ − Booklist 16:231 Ap ’20 Brooklyn 12:13 O ’19 30w
“M. Jean-Aubry has given us the point of view of the modern French composer toward his art. The value of this contribution alone more than offsets any charge of propagandism that the book may bring forth, a charge that is partially refuted by the very fact that much of its contents was written long before the war.” Henrietta Straus
+ Nation 110:527 Ap 17 ’20 650w
Reviewed by C: H: Meltzer