David Fanning (born 1955) is a professor of music at the
University of Manchester. He is an expert on the music of
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Carl Nielsen and
Soviet music.[1] He is the author and editor of a number of books, collaborating with wife, Michelle Assay, on a book about
Mieczysław Weinberg.
He is also the editor of the journal Carl Nielsen Studies.[2]
^Shchedrin, Rodion (2013). Autobiographical Memories. Translated by Phillips, Anthony.
Mainz:
Schott Music. p. 110.
ISBN978-3-254-08419-4. I give you the names of some of these apologies for a specialist: David Fanning, David Gutman, Dorothea Redepenning, Enzo Restagno. This lady and these gentlemen are in no way equipped to have any real influence on the way music develops. But in an age like ours, when folk are so much more ready to hearken to advertising than to their own selves, it is within the power of these so-called specialists to sow chaos and confusion among the ranks of the feeble-minded.