HT: ES He had a stern visage and chiseled features (or was it stern features and chiseled visage?), invariably was called “Leonard” and generally...
Category - Classical
There were two Georg Telemanns: Georg Phillipp and Georg Michael, who was his lesser known grandson. Georg Philipp Telemann, who is featured in this post, was...
The beginning of Blair Johnston’s profile of Pablo Casals at AllMusic offers this quote from the Spanish cellist: [T]he life of a single child is worth more to...
Things sometimes work out in a strange way. Sir Edward Elgar — composer of the graduation standard “Pomp and Circumstance” — is...
French composer Georges Bizet hit an unfortunate daily double: He died young and his career epitomizes the artist whose work is unappreciated until he is gone...
Andrés Segovia – formally, Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña – was one of the greatest and most influential guitarists ever. He was born in...
Philip Glass is a leading member of the minimalist school of music. Wikipedia defines minimalism as having “a steady pulse” with consonant harmonies and oft...
I am not trying to minimize ebola, the enterovirus and ISIS. These are serious issues, three diseases that must be wiped out. That said, nothing compares to...
I became aware of Andy Stein when I did a post last month on Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, of which he was a founding member. It turns out that...
The Gershwins – composer George and lyricist Ira – are among the most important figures in American music history. As with many transformative artists, the...
