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Quietly Impressive Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 04.25.2013 | Arts
Read More: Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Pianist, Arnold Schoenberg, Robert Schumann, Mistuko Uchida, Carnegie Hall, J.S. Bach, Piano, Video, Arts News
Ayano Hodouchi

Last week, a much-awaited musician came to Carnegie Hall to play -- Japanese-born British pianist Mitsuko Uchida. While she is no blazing personality, her fans are numerous and she has a very devout following.

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Justice For Jazz Artists

Kurt Ellenberger | Posted 03.23.2013 | Arts
Read More: Aesthetics, John Cage, Modernism, New Music, Daniel Asia, Postmodernism, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, Arnold Schoenberg, Video, Arts News
Kurt Ellenberger

I've been watching the development of the Justice for Jazz Artists (J4JA) movement for a couple of years now. If you haven't heard of this organizat...

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Lost Photo Held Ransom...For $350K

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 11.15.2012 | Arts
Read More: Arnold Schoenberg Gustav Mahler, Randol Schoenberg, Video, Cliff Fraser, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, Lost Mahler Photo, Lost Gustav Mahler Photo, Mahler Photo, Mahler Symphony No. 2, Randolschoenblog, Music News, Arnold Schoenberg Center, Composer, Arts News

The family of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg is demanding the return of a long lost family treasure -- a signed photograph of fellow classical mu...

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When A Composer Loves Another Composer

Daron Hagen | Posted 07.14.2012 | Home
Read More: The Cradle Will Rock, Creativity, Marc Blitztein, Curtis Institute, Ralph Berkowitz, Trouble in Tahiti, Orson Welles, Arnold Schoenberg, Nadia Boulanger, Leonard Bernstein, No for an Answer, Samuel Barber, Lukas Foss, Eric Gordon, Huffpost Obsessed, Jacob Druckman, Eva Goldbeck, American Music History, Yaddo, Obsessed, Wpa, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Houseman, Ned Rorem, Home News
Daron Hagen

Marc Blitzstein's musical DNA -- strict adherence to economy of means, a passion for combining words and music, the belief that music can promote social justice, an abhorrence of pretension -- are woven inextricably into the music I compose.

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Music, Exile and Trauma

Mena Mark Hanna | Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Palestine, Persian Exiles, Abbas Kiarostami, Theodor Adorno, The Bricklayer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Arnold Schoenberg, Persia, Farnoosh Moshiri, Houston Grand Opera, Home News
Mena Mark Hanna

During the performance, I detected shifts of uneasiness and stifled sobs emanating from an audience largely comprised of Persian émigrés; the premiere was met with an irrepressible standing ovation.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in September Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: John Cage, Sonny Rollins, BB King, Arnold Schoenberg, Danielle Evin, Music, Joan Jett (& the Blackhearts), Joey Heatherton, Cass Elliot (the Mamas & the Papas), Billy Preston, Memphis Slim, Otis Redding, Patsy Cline, mp3s, Gene Autry, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), Phil Ramone, Arvo Pärt, Glenn Gould, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams, Dog Ears, George Gershwin, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we feature music from Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny Rollins, Memphis Slim, Patsy Cline, John Cage, and more.

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HuffPost Exclusives: R.E.M. and Cory Chisel, Plus Bruce Hornsby Interview, Big Star Box, Paolo Nutini Live, This Week's New Albums, and more...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mike Ragogna

R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.

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