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Rumors Greatly Exaggerated - popularity of classical music
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809) was one of the fortunate masters who lived long enough to be universally appreciated by the audiences of his day. Yet ......(Continue Reading) Circus music: for clowns, lions, and solo trapeze - Essay
A circus is both acrobatic and elephantine, wholesome but freakish, and that is partly why we like it so--because we are two-headed, too. A showgirl ......(Continue Reading)Best 100 communities for music education - Association News
Persevering in the face of widespread budget cuts, 100 communities in thirty states have been named the Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America for 2003. It is based on a nationwide sur...(Continue Reading)Last chorus - Michael Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, Melvin Wine, West Virginia fiddler; and other deaths in folk music - Obituary
MICHAEL BABATUNDE OLATUNJI 1927-2003 African music's foremost ambassador of the power of rhythm, Michael Babatunde Olatunji passed away from complications ......(Continue Reading)Music Is My Bag
Confessions of a lapsed oboist Picture a fifteen-year-old boy with the early traces of a mustache who hangs out in the band room after school playing ......(Continue Reading)
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