Books

Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston

Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.

Dvořák’s Prophecy, Shostakovich as Cure and Beethoven in Boston

Should you read one book on music this year, then this is the one.

Tome Tweets 3.

Morricone was smart. De Rosa coaxes vignettes and wisdom from the maestro.

Tome Tweets 3.

Morricone was smart. De Rosa coaxes vignettes and wisdom from the maestro.

Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)

Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.

Xenakis and Stravinsky in America, Mahler too (via Copland)

Copland invited Xenakis to Tanglewood in 1963, and between 1967 and ’72, Xenakis taught at Indiana University.

Used Bin Troll Tweets X.

This Dmitri animated by Barnes isn’t the Shostakovich whose music I know.

Used Bin Troll Tweets X.

This Dmitri animated by Barnes isn’t the Shostakovich whose music I know.

Fresh Ferrari

Whether new or old, any Luc Ferrari is by nature fresh. Finally we have a book in English, and accessible releases of the films he worked on. His legacy continues through his widow Brunhild Ferrari and others.

Fresh Ferrari

Whether new or old, any Luc Ferrari is by nature fresh. Finally we have a book in English, and accessible releases of the films he worked on. His legacy continues through his widow Brunhild Ferrari and others.

Used Bin Troll Tweets N.

Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.

Used Bin Troll Tweets N.

Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.

Tome Tweets 2.

A few influential empty measures prompt a likable book.

Tome Tweets 2.

A few influential empty measures prompt a likable book.

Awrite, Erik Chisholm!

Erik Chisholm (1904-1965) is the most interesting 20th-century Scots musician you’ve never heard of.

Awrite, Erik Chisholm!

Erik Chisholm (1904-1965) is the most interesting 20th-century Scots musician you’ve never heard of.

Tome Tweets 1.

Relive bygone days when Tonkünstlers were schooled in Rhetoric.

Tome Tweets 1.

Relive bygone days when Tonkünstlers were schooled in Rhetoric.

Ferneyhough & Stockhausen: Grubby and Gruppen

Compared to his previous compositions, Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime is easy going. It’s almost as if his California tenure exposed him too thoroughly to Desperate Housewives and American Idol.

Ferneyhough & Stockhausen: Grubby and Gruppen

Compared to his previous compositions, Ferneyhough’s Shadowtime is easy going. It’s almost as if his California tenure exposed him too thoroughly to Desperate Housewives and American Idol.

New and Essential Xenakis, Part 1

Not everyone has to like Xenakis, though I wish everyone would.

New and Essential Xenakis, Part 1

Not everyone has to like Xenakis, though I wish everyone would.

EA Bucket 4.

Of fictitious composers, Gustav Aschenbach may well be the most famous. There are others, of course, but can you name one who appears in a crime novel?

EA Bucket 4.

Of fictitious composers, Gustav Aschenbach may well be the most famous. There are others, of course, but can you name one who appears in a crime novel?