Bubblegum pop poster boy. Sophisticated soul singer. Political critic. Reluctant gay icon. Covert philanthropist. These are some of the epithets attached to George Michael, whose death on 25 December 2016 came near the end of last year’s seemingly endless list of casualties. Throughout his career, George… Read More
(New Years fireworks over Pikes Peak, Lars Leber Photography) As we all return to our musicological tasks at the outset of the new year, here are a few things to look forward to on Musicology Now during… Read More
The well known scholar John Covach has a remembrance of David Bowie on CNN. Read the article here. Read More
by Mark De Voto Craft with Stravinsky, 1964. Image credit: New York Times I’d like to put in… Read More
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 daughter of the Charles Cushing, legendary professor in our own department), he died on his way into the hospital where he had an appointment to… Read More
Alan Curtis died unexpectedly in Florence on Wednesday, 15 July 2015. He was 80. Wendy Heller writes from Princeton: Alan’s contributions to our discipline have been so numerous, it is hard to even known where to begin. An extraordinary harpsichordist and conductor, a kind, gentle, and generous… Read More
in memoriam Gunther Schuller 22 November 1925 – 21 June 2015 by Barry Kernfeld After suffering through an endless string of jazz concerts ruined by overly aggressive sound men, I gave up entirely on live jazz and am spending the last part… Read More
Bill Scheide was known to musicians everywhere as owner of the Haussman portrait (second version, 1748) of J. S. Bach, widely known as “the Scheide Bach portrait.” It hung in his living room, where it was pretty well open to… Read More
New York Philharmonic The death, at his home in Virginia, of Lorin Maazel follows the losses in short succession of three other leading conductors of the post-Bernstein/ Karajan era: Colin Davis (1927–2013), Claudio Abbado (1933–2014), and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933–2014). I had… Read More