The Pointy End
Steinway Finalizes Sale of West 57th Street Showroom
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- Monday, 01 July 2013
Steinway Musical Instruments announced on Friday that it has finalized the sale of Steinway Hall, its flagship showroom at 109 West 57th Street.
The myths, magic and mystique of a Stradivarius violin
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- Tuesday, 25 June 2013
True or false? The quality of a Stradivarius violin stems from its combination of wood and varnish, the secret of which has yet to be uncovered.
Unheard music to be broadcast for 24 hours in remote Scottish forest
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- Tuesday, 25 June 2013
If a 24-hour radio broadcast happens in a Scottish forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Japan Pill-harmonic claims Brahms cures constipation
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- Friday, 21 June 2013
Suffering from a broken heart? Looking to enhance your appetite? Next time, don't reach for the antibiotics, stop and take the Japanese Pill-Harmonic.
Street and Subway Performers Earning a Living
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- Friday, 21 June 2013
Just how much money can you make singing in the subway?
Thanks to generous tips and CD sales, some buskers can earn enough to support themselves.
Clapping reveals applause is a 'social contagion'
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- Friday, 21 June 2013
The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.
How do you stage an opera on a beach?
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- Tuesday, 18 June 2013
No opera smells of the sea quite like Britten's Peter Grimes. The music makes us constantly aware of the sea's immensity, it's potential for threat, and the play of light on its waves.
Playing Mozart — On Mozart's Violin
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- Monday, 17 June 2013
The violin and viola that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played himself are in the United States for the first time ever. The instruments come out of storage only about once a year at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria.
Why don't men join choirs?
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- Monday, 17 June 2013
Men don't sing, so they say. Every choir leader I know, and I know a lot, bemoans the fact that they can't recruit men to sing in them.