Gordon E. Smith:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
Richard Perry:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
Kenneth Winters:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
H.J. Kirchhoff:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
Clyde Gilmour, host of Gilmour's Albums:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
Rick MacMillan:
'Schabas's biography, with its dry but lucid prose, and its admiring but reasonably objective stance, does offer a cooly fascinating document of the cultural, political, and academic life in which MacMillan succeeded so well, and to which the conductor/administrator contributed so prodigiously. As an informative history of the 20th-century Canadian music scene, and particularly of the TSO and Toronto conservatory, Schabas's work will serve as a valuable document.'
