Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Dull and Lifeless

A dull, lifeless work mired in traditional, outdated musicology. Little of the revolution in musicological thought, including social, cultural, and philsophical approaches has impacted this work. Interdiscplinary aspects of music and other arts largely are ignored.To consider Western classical music as disconnected from science, sociocultural influences, and not intimately connected to art and literature, is a travesty. This is very old school and therefore best avoided, unless one likes traditional encyclopedias (even Groves is better than this). Someone needs to overtake this franchise completely with a new work worthy of the 21st century.