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Vote, Sing, Breathe
The art of protest. By Alison Kinney.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Vogel Staar
On Mozart's Feathered Collaborator. By Elena Passarello.
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Never a Hippie, Always a Freak
When Zappa shows up in a suit and tie debating Robert Novak on Crossfire, the effect is less the ’60s freak who became a normal adult than an uncompromising individual voice channeled into a different format. By Paul Grimstad.
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Brian Eno Plays the Universe
A physicist explains what the composer has in common with the dawn of the cosmos. By Stephon Alexander.
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The Original Wagner
Martin Filler reviews the Morgan Library and Museum’s “Wagner’s Ring: Forging an Epic” exhibition.
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The terrifying rejected ‘Exorcist’ soundtrack the director literally threw out a window
Composer/conductor, Lalo Schifrin. This score was used in an advanced trailer which some have called the “banned trailer.”
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Fireman Shostakovich
On 20 July 1942, Time magazine led with a story on ‘Fireman Shostakovich’. ‘Amid bombs bursting in Leningrad he heard the chords of victory,’ the caption on the cover said... By Anna Aslanyan.
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Great Britons: Ralph Vaughan Williams – The English Composer Who Painted the English Countryside with Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of modern classical music, active during the first half of the twentieth century. His family background included the pottery magnate Josiah Wedgwood and naturalist Charles Darwin. He is generally considered the greatest British composer since Henry Purcell.
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The Prince of the Player Piano
The Whitney Museum is now hosting an eleven-day festival celebrating the work of American expatriate composer Conlon Nancarrow, who is best known for his innovative studies for player piano. By Andrew Katzenstein.
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Velvet Gentleman: Erik Satie
Nick Richardson reviews “A Mammal’s Notebook: The Writings of Erik Satie,” edited by Ornella Volta, translated by Antony Melville.
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