If the boss played Bach, someone got fired

If the boss played Bach, someone got fired

RIP

norman lebrecht

February 09, 2023

From today’s Telegraph obituary of the writer and editor Matthew Rye:

He was soon appointed assistant editor of The Musical Times, where … the managing director had a habit of playing a Bach violin concerto as a prelude to redundancies, and one day the Bach played for Rye. He became chief sub-editor and reviews editor at BBC Music Magazine….

Comments

  • Greg Bottini says:

    In other words, redundant heads were put on the chopping Bach.
    (I’ll show myself out….)

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