The volume presents several hundred texts selected from newspapers, magazines, and specialized books, in which music is insulted, mocked, and dismissed: examples of musical judgment from the last fifty years, from Boulez to Weill, from the Beatles to Zappa. A large part focuses on contemporary classical music, but jazz and rock are also included. An introductory essay, a list of relevant insults such as "unmusic," "cultural decline," or "dilettantism," information about the condemned musical pieces and reviews, as well as a register of people and titles, enrich and complement the documentation. Amusing to scandalous: a unique collection of devastating critiques and judgments on contemporary music, a must for anyone interested in aesthetic judgment.