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Readers bid farewell to retiring LA Times classical music critic Mark Swed
Original: Letters to the Editor: Retiring critic Mark Swed’s classical music coverage will be dearly missed
Longtime Los Angeles Times classical music critic Mark Swed is retiring, and readers are using letters to the editor to praise his decades of coverage. Correspondents say his writing shaped how audiences in Los Angeles experienced orchestras, opera and new music, and that his departure leaves a gap in serious classical criticism at the paper and in American journalism more broadly.
Why now: A respected veteran critic's retirement prompts readers to reflect on the loss of dedicated classical music coverage.
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- Letters to the Editor: Retiring critic Mark Swed’s classical music coverage will be dearly missed · Los Angeles Times
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