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A Review of Mozart’s Letters, Mozart’s Life, Edited and Translated by Robert Spaethling Studying a person’s letters is an excellent way to explore an individual’s life and personality, and Robert Spaethling’s edition of Wolfgang Mozart’s letters makes the experience especially…
The history of classical music is the sound of a culture growing, blossoming and then withering. Classical music before and during the Renaissance was structured and purposeful. The purpose of the music was mainly to lift people’s spirit toward God…
My parents dragged me to operas from the time I was about 10, but it never took. The crazy plots, the wild costumes, the interminable performances, the soprano sounding like she got her big toe caught in a mousetrap ……
This lengthy list of great music compositions is intended to give fellow beginners many hours of good listening options. I’ve listened to all of them at least once, and I think the common denominator among the ones I like best…
One last little trip to my basement archives, this time print ads from this 1971 edition of Life: Note the cover photo of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali was taken by Frank Sinatra. MotorTrend magazine named the Chevy Vega the…