Music
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America
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Hits from Renée Fleming’s career at the Metropolitan Opera, an unlikely Mozart and Beethoven recording and Florence Price are among…
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America
Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old
“Right now you’re dancing on top of or ahead of the music,” Justin Peck told members of New York City…
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America
Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Argues With Passion
Dalia Stasevska returned to the orchestra’s podium with a world premiere and subtly linked works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
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America
How a Group of Brooklyn Beatboxers Became Ambassadors to the World
The trip will mark the first time that the government officially recognizes the genre in its American Music Abroad program.
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America
Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate
Zankel Hall has been temporarily reconfigured so that audiences can sit in the round, beginning with an enjoyable performance by…
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America
She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up.
Back in the 1960s, when female musicians were mostly confined to the roles of teacher, interpreter or muse, the Colombian…
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Europe
David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81
He was an original member of the Byrds and a founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash. But he was almost…
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Books
‘Vile,’ ‘Deplorable,’ ‘Full of Lies’: Aleksandar Hemon Is No Fan of Philip Roth
What books are on your night stand? Ray Monk’s “Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius.” Oliver Sacks’s “Musicophilia: Tales of…
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America
Claire Chase Uses Her New Platform to Showcase a Hero
When the composer and performer Pauline Oliveros died in 2016, at 84, her reputation in music was secure. Her early…
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Europe
Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70
A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful…