From the harmonies and impressionistic sparkle of the French school to the avant-garde of the Viennese school and all the way across to the rhythmic vitality of the Russian school, the early twentieth ...
This year, a spotlight will be shone on the work of two composers with diametrically opposite styles and attitudes ...
taking part of her musical heritage and reimagining it with a classical orchestra. Naomi: Another country with a huge influence in 20th Century music is Russia. Ludwig: Who is zis man? Vhy so serious?
When Edwin Frank, who founded New York Review Books in 1999 and has run it ever since, read Alex Ross’s 2008 book, “ The Rest ...
An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing ...
Advancing technology enabled the recording of classical music and jazz, which in turn lead to the rise of globe-straddling artists like Pavarotti and Callas. Music in the 20th Century changed ...
From concerts led by Seattle Symphony's music director designate to programming highlighting the diversity of early music, ...
OUSSAMA ZAHR This year, no album was as ambitious and intelligent as “Music in Time of War,” a imagined conversation between Claude Debussy and Komitas Vardapet, witnesses to 20th-century horrors.
But when he realized his new home lacked a classical composers’ organization, he spearheaded the creation of a new one. In the 15 years since then, Cascadia Composers has thrived, growing into one of ...