Music the artform and artists
Philip Glass and ‘Einstein on the Beach’: How one opera changed everything
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- Monday, 23 November 2020
Easily the most important opera of the last half century, “Einstein on the Beach,” at least at first, meant far more to those who witnessed it than to the art form itself, which couldn’t have cared less. Almost nothing about what composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson put onstage was opera.
He Helps Folk Musicians Stay Alive
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- Monday, 23 November 2020
India’s countless folk communities are in dire need of funding and technical and creative upskilling to relativize themselves in an increasingly globalized world.
Comment Stevie Wonder est devenu le premier geek de la musique pop
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- Monday, 23 November 2020
La légende de la soul fête ses 70 ans, l'occasion rêvée pour revenir sur son ADN musical très expérimental et technologique.
Milli Vanilli: la historia del fraude más grosero de la música pop
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- Monday, 23 November 2020
El dúo pera un invento de marketing: no sabían cantar ni tocar instrumentos. En un hecho único, les revocaron el Premio Grammy que ganaron. Uno de ellos tuvo un trágico final.
Five songs that defined Sudan's golden era
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- Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Many of the hits from 1960s and 1970s Sudan were resurrected during the protests that erupted two years ago.
The Woman Who Built Beethoven’s Pianos
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
Nannette Streicher has been marginalized by history, but she was one of Europe’s finest keyboard manufacturers.
According The Accordion Its Historical Due
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
Throughout the Classical and Romantic periods, the humble accordion and its simpler cousin, the concertina, were important parlor, chamber, and accompanying instruments.
Une histoire orale de Sun Ra, astre free-jazz de la musique cosmique
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
Vingt-sept ans après son exil extraterrestre, Sun Ra est toujours au firmanent. Deux des membres de son mythique Arkestra, toujours actif, racontent.
Música para cine: esa labor clave de la que poco se sabe
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
Hay secuencias de películas que se quedaron grabadas en la memoria colectiva, no solamente por lo que se ve, sino gracias a las melodías que se escuchan.
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