The Bouncing Oh

England's famed Author E. M. Forster (A Passage to India) is neither musician nor music critic; but he is a music-lover. Last week at Harvard, speaking to 700 musicians, professors and critics, he offered words of hope to jaded music critics.

Said Forster: "The work of art ... is recalcitrant to criticism. ... It expects always to be heard or read or seen for the first time.... Can we combine experience and innocence? I think we can. ... It is possible to become like a child who says 'Oh!' each time the ball bounces, although he has seen it bounce before and knows it must bounce."

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