At the Brink in NYC
We wish all the constituencies—musicians, patrons, donors, board, the city of New York—well as they seek to honor the Metropolitan Opera’s stated mission to provide… Read More
Articles by Kevin Romoser
Cipriano de Rore at the Crossroads
by Jessie Ann Owens One wag answered the invitation Katelijne Schiltz and I extended to read a paper by… Read More
Elements of Style
by D. Kern Holoman DISCLAIMER: the curator of Musicology Now here promotes his own book. This situation could be avoided if we had more incoming… Read More
Lorin Maazel (1930–2014)
New York Philharmonic The death, at his home in Virginia, of Lorin Maazel follows the losses in short… Read More
After The Rite
by Maureen A. Carr After the Rite: Stravinsky’s Path to Neoclassicism (1914–1925) (Oxford UP,… Read More
Snibblesworth-ed
An Open Letter to Jeremy Denk NOTE: See the posts of June 20 and June 24, 2014. by Kristi Brown-Montesano First,… Read More
July 4
In honor of the bicentennial of the “Star Spangled Banner,” the Library of Congress hosted a concert and panel discussion on 3 July with the support… Read More
The Klinghoffer Controversy
by Charles T. Downey The Metropolitan Opera and its General Manager, Peter Gelb, took a considerable risk by planning to mount John Adams’s The Death… Read More
Singing Jeremiah
by Robert Kendrick NOTE: Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week (Indiana UP) appeared in April 2014. Here is an excerpt. Read More
Jeremy Denk responds:
NOTE: The librettist of The Classical Style—an Opera of Sorts here responds to Kristi Brown-Montesano’s post just below, adding “I felt it was necessary to… Read More