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The Rest is Noise: The Art of Fear

Simon wrote 1 week ago: To the South Bank for the latest study weekend in their year-long The Rest Is Noise festival; this w … more →

Tags: Arts, Classical Music, contemporary classical music, european history, History, War, alban berg, Anne Applebuam, Béla Bartók

Recent books with musical themes

orinococds wrote 2 months ago: Some recent literary efforts on musical themes. The Conductor by Sarah Quigley.  Berlin-based NZ nov … more →

Tags: dyer, Quigley, Tintner, Shostakovich, Nica Rosthschild, jazz

Today in WMH: Stalin, Stalin and Stalin.

rlbaldwin2 wrote 2 months ago: 3/5 Today in Weird Music History: It’s Joseph Stalin Day! 1953: The death of Stalin 1953 The death o … more →

Tags: Shostakovich, Music, Classical Music, Stalin, Prokofiev

The Symphony of Leningrad2 comments

Seth Adam Smith wrote 7 months ago: Triumph against impossible odds… Who won World War II? Was it the Allies or the American reinf … more →

Tags: Russia, LENINGRAD, World War II, Adolph Hitler, Karl Eliasberg

Music For The Day3 comments

semipartisansam wrote 9 months ago: The third movement from Symphony no. 7, “Leningrad”, Op. 60, by Dmitri Shostakovich: … more →

Tags: Classical Music, Culture, Music for the Day, Shostakovich, Symphony, Music, Dmitri Shostakovich

Spring Music7 comments

Steve wrote 1 year ago: Spring is here. Hooray. We didn’t really have winter here in NYC this year, so not much of a c … more →

Tags: greetings, Connections, Music, One World Symphony, Russian Easter Overture, Shostakovich, Rimsky Korsakov, Russian Music, spring

Music...or Quantum Mechanics

Turtle wrote 2 years ago: I hardly need to write anything because these glorious words from the Barenaked Ladies say everythin … more →

Tags: bands, Lyrics, nineties, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Male Vocalist, Classical Music, twentieth century classical music, Dmitri Shostakovich


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