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The rite of return: Pushkin's poetry, Tolstoy's novels, Stravinsky's music—Russia's golden age gave the people the spirit to endure the darkest moments
In 1962, Stravinsky accepted a Soviet invitation to visit the country of his birth. It was exactly 50 years since he had left Russia and there was a ......(Continue Reading) 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)Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place
Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place JOHN CONNELL & CHRIS GIBSON Routledge, London and New York, 2003 320 pp. Like the complete version ......(Continue Reading)Music is my language
I don't remember a time when music wasn't special to me. Music, the universal language, is my passion. Piano is my forte. Communicating with people is essential. I enjoy communicating, especially t...(Continue Reading)How music created a public
THE PHRASE "PUBLIC SPHERE," originating as a tool for clarifying the nature of a diffuse but perfectly genuine phenomenon, has declined into ......(Continue Reading)
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