We Love You, Yoko
April 9, 2024
Kathleen Hanna— Yoko Ono was the first punk rock singer I ever heard, an early proponent of female rebellion in song. My parents didn’t go to college, and we didn’t… READ MORE
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Did Leonard Bernstein’s Wife Know He Was Gay?
November 29, 2023
“Every one I love, I love passionately.” – Leonard Bernstein Nigel Simeone— Music was Bernstein’s greatest and most constant passion. But his love life was an essential part of his… READ MORE
The Wagner Group Explained
July 7, 2023
John Mauceri— Among the many confusions about the private Russian army known as the Wagner Group is how to pronounce its name. Reporters and pundits seem to vacillate between “Wag-ner”… READ MORE
Bob Dylan: Reluctant Prophet
December 9, 2016
David Yaffe— The biggest misconception about Dylan, among the unbelievers, is that his cawing derision is somehow an impediment to appreciation. The second biggest (and this is among the believers)… READ MORE
Composing a Sequel—Bach’s Easter Oratorio and his St John Passion
March 25, 2016
Markus Rathey— We listen to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passions in strange isolation. Originally composed for the Lutheran liturgy in Leipzig, Germany, these magnificent pieces were embedded into a liturgical framework,… READ MORE
Béla Bartók in America
June 30, 2015
David Cooper— Béla Bartók, the great Hungarian composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and pedagogue, died in Manhattan’s West Side Hospital on 27 September 1945 at the age of sixty four. The final… READ MORE
What is 4’33”?
September 5, 2014
Today is the birthday of the composer John Cage, who is best known for 4’33”, a piece of music in which no intentional sounds are made by the artist or performer. Many,… READ MORE
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