Remembering Alan Curtis
by Davitt Moroney Alan’s death is a sad shock. For those who don’t know the details (which I received from Jennifer Curtis, his first wife—and… Read More
Articles by Kevin Romoser
Alan Curtis
Alan Curtis died unexpectedly in Florence on Wednesday, 15 July 2015. He was 80. Wendy Heller writes from Princeton: Alan’s contributions to… Read More
Music & Diplomacy in Review
by Rebekah Ahrendt, Mark Ferraguto, and Damien Mahiet Musical diplomacy seems to be everywhere today. From US Department of State programs like… Read More
Moving to Louisville
The American Musicological Society meets in Louisville KY this upcoming 12–15 November. Louisville has a long and… Read More
“The Star-Spangled Banner” and “God Save the King”: Glenn Gould’s Quodlibet
by Benjamin Givan Some years ago, Sony Classical re-released both of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould’s recordings of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)… Read More
Jimi Hendrix and “The Star-Spangled Banner”
by Mark Clague NOTE: The most recent lecture in the series co-sponsored by the American Musicological Society and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… Read More
AMS presidents ponder
by Richard Freedman Last week in New York City hundreds of members of the International… Read More
“Eili, Eili” as a “Traditional Yiddish Melody”
by Joshua Walden In 1918 the renowned St. Petersburg-trained violinist Toscha Seidel published a work for violin and piano titled “Eïli, Eïli.” The phrase “Traditional… Read More
Attali in America
by Eric Drott NOTE: Professor Drott’s “Rereading Jacques Attali’s Bruits” appears in the current issue of Critical Inquiry (41/4 [Summer, 2015]: 721-56. Read More
Thoughts on Gunther Schuller
in memoriam Gunther Schuller 22 November 1925 – 21 June 2015 by Barry Kernfeld After suffering through… Read More