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Guy Dammann is the music critic of the Times Literary Supplement and writes on classical music for the Guardian. He is currently a researcher at the University of Uppsala, working on the history and meaning of music criticism.

Guy Dammann is the music critic of the Times Literary Supplement and writes on classical music for the Guardian. He is currently a researcher at the University of Uppsala, working on the history and meaning of music criticism.

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