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Month: January 2016

After the jubilee: Wagner’s music

Posted on January 26, 2016September 16, 2019 by John

The year 2013, celebrating Wagner’s birth in 1813, provoked a flurry of (extra) performances, articles and books in an attempt to understand, enjoy, and make accessible the life work of one of the most controversial European cultural icons of the 19th century. Reading the reviews of the newly-published books and some of the extensive essays…

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Where Hitler won

Posted on January 12, 2016March 4, 2016 by John

The works of Morton Feldman (1926 – 1987) represent one of the clearest demonstrations of mourning in terms of sound, and often beautiful sound. In 2006 the American music journalist Alex Ross dedicated an interesting article to Feldman: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/06/morton_feldman_.html Some quotes from the article: In a way, his music seemed to protest all of European…

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