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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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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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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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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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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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The Original Wagner
Martin Filler reviews the Morgan Library and Museum’s “Wagner’s Ring: Forging an Epic” exhibition.
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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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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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Twinkle, Twinkle, Vogel Staar
On Mozart's Feathered Collaborator. By Elena Passarello.
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Vote, Sing, Breathe
The art of protest. By Alison Kinney.
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The Greatest Creative Run in the History of Popular Music
It’s Stevie Wonder’s “classic period.” By Jack Hamilton.
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Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi
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How Deep Is Your Love?
How Ludwig II's love for Richard Wagner inspired the world's greatest work of fan art. By Alison Kinney.
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Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 1 G-Minor, Opus 23
Olga Scheps
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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin, Turku Philharmonic
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Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in D minor, First Movement
Katica and Csaba Illényi
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Sun’s Gone Dim
Johann Johannsson
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Reflection
Tool
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
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Live on MTV2
Pete Miser
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