Talk:George Tolhurst

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The worst oratorio ever composed

I have re-instated this phrase. It may sound POV but it can be backed up by any number of references, including the one I originally cited. Tolhurst is notable purely on account of his oratorio's legendary badness. Wilus (talk) 10:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to this article you may have fallen into the colonial trap of prejudice against anything from the new world. ^[1] Tradimus (talk) 11:13, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nineteenth-century-music-review/article/worst-oratorio-ever-colonialist-condescension-in-the-critical-reception-of-george-tolhursts-ruth-1864/6DED21C601F5134270E5C79D8A4B67B4

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