The Classical Style, of sorts
by Kristi Brown-Montesano One year, during the opening Dean’s Welcome at the conservatory where I teach, the head of the violin studio addressed the students,… Read More
Articles by Kevin Romoser
The Washington Post
Today is the 125th anniversary of The Washington Post… Read More
Seeing a 17th-Century Motet
by Robert L. Kendrick NOTE: Kendrick’s Franke Forum at the University of Chicago occurred on October 13, 2013. The free lectures of the Chicago Humanities… Read More
There is Hope for Europe
The Grand Finale of the Eurovision Song Contest By Philip V. Bohlman NOTE: This article originally appeared on the OUP blog on 13 May… Read More
That Mozart Autograph . . .
… fetched almost $1 million (£578,500 = $972,285, hammer price plus buyer premiums) at the Sotheby’s sale in London on 20 May 2014. Read More
Die goldene kale in New York
by Michael Ochs NOTE: Di goldene kale (The Golden Bride), a 1923 Yiddish-American operetta by Joseph Rumshinsky (1881–1956), was presented in a concert version with… Read More
The JAMS Experience
As promised here, volume 67, no. 1 of the Journal of the American Musicological Society… Read More
Images
Speaking of visuals (see previous blogpost) . . . Hans Ruckers the ElderDouble Virginal, 1581Metropolitan Museum… Read More
Stravinsky and the Futurists
by Mark DeVoto I have just returned from a short visit to New York where, at the Guggenheim Museum, I saw the exhibition called Italian… Read More
Fate Knocks at the Door of London’s Institute of Musical Research
by James Parsons Music scholars around the world owe a considerable debt to the Institute of Musical Research (IMR). Established in 2005 with operations commencing… Read More