Tracing the Spirit of the Early American Symphony
by Joseph Horowitz15 July 2013 Library of Congress Note: NPR’s summer project is a… Read More
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Welcome Back, dial “m”
Fans of Phil Ford and Jonathan Bellman’s weblog are mightily pleased to welcome it back after a hiatus… Read More
Charles Rosen (1927-2012)
by Walter Frisch Charles Rosen, a distinguished pianist and influential and prolific writer on classical… Read More
Puccini’s Music Box
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Editor’s Note: W. Anthony Sheppard’s solution of a “musicological mystery many decades old”–a Swiss music box that plays Chinese tunes heard in Turandot and Madama… Read More
Maestros & Divas. Still.
Sir Antonio Pappano’s rant on diva cancellations, 13 March 2013–“this generation of singers [is] weaker in their bodies or don’t care. I don’t know what… Read More
What is Ecomusicology?
Ecomusicology, writes Aaron S. Allen “considers the relationships of music, culture, and nature; … it is the study of musical and sonic issues, both textual… Read More
On Becoming A Musicologist
by D. Kern Holoman from the AMS YouTube channel … Read More
That Party at Lenny’s
by D. Kern Holoman The term “radical chic” was invented to describe Leonard Bernstein. Tom Wolfe’s… Read More