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Swiss Referendum on Eurovision Song Contest: Disunited by Music?

Steven Tucker December 10, 2024

A third of Basel residents find the whole spectacle morally or religiously objectionable (or possibly just a complete waste of public money).

Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Kees Vlaardingerbroek July 7, 2024

Berio believed that sounds are inextricably linked to a certain historical-traditional, even archetypal, meaning.

Controversial Party Song Banned from Oktoberfest

Tristan Vanheuckelom May 30, 2024

The world’s largest beer festival is banning “L’Amour Toujours” out of fear that disenfranchised Germans might be tempted to engage in politically incorrect chanting.

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951): Conservative and Radical

Fabian Bell May 26, 2024

“He is the true conservative: he even created a revolution in order to be a reactionary.”

Vivaldi & Others: Giuseppe Verdi—The Voice of the Oppressed

Kees Vlaardingerbroek April 14, 2024

Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.

The Melody of Souls: Song as Penance and Beatitude in Dante’s Purgatorio and Paradiso

Julian Kwasniewski March 24, 2024

Dante’s depiction of song conveys an essential truth about music’s relationship to the divine.

Vivaldi & Others: Gioachino Rossini—The Manic-Depressive Swan of Pesaro

Kees Vlaardingerbroek March 10, 2024

The ‘serious’ Rossini still does not get the appreciation he deserves in the opera world.

A Searing Firebird from Miami City Ballet

Paul du Quenoy March 7, 2024

With a programme of new and traditional repertoire, and superb dancing, the Miami City Ballet’s “Winter Mix” is sure to satisfy.

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Cosmic Music of the Beginnings

Robert Lazu Kmita February 6, 2024

The Inklings expressed interest in ancient mythologies that described the creation of the world through music.

Vivaldi & Others: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi—the Italian Mozart

Kees Vlaardingerbroek January 28, 2024

A consequence of Pergolesi’s posthumous fame: publishers sold works by other composers under Pergolesi’s commercially attractive name.

Tag: music

Swiss Referendum on Eurovision Song Contest: Disunited by Music?

Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Controversial Party Song Banned from Oktoberfest

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951): Conservative and Radical

Vivaldi & Others: Giuseppe Verdi—The Voice of the Oppressed

The Melody of Souls: Song as Penance and Beatitude in Dante’s Purgatorio and Paradiso

Vivaldi & Others: Gioachino Rossini—The Manic-Depressive Swan of Pesaro

A Searing Firebird from Miami City Ballet

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Cosmic Music of the Beginnings

Vivaldi & Others: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi—the Italian Mozart

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