Music the artform and artists
Boulez and Harnoncourt, So Different, Yet More Alike Than They Realized
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- Tuesday, 22 March 2016
It’s as if the postwar period itself had died. Within two months, Pierre Boulez and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the two avant-gardists who more than anyone in the last half-century redefined classical music, were gone.
Tout ce qu'il faut écouter pour la journée européenne de la musique ancienne
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- Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Si pour beaucoup le 21 mars est associé à l'arrivée du printemps, il ne faut pas oublier que cette date célèbre aussi la musique ancienne.
European Day of Early Music
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- Wednesday, 02 March 2016
The European Day of Early Music is held every year on 21st March, a day celebrating the beginning of spring, and one of Early Music's most important composers Johann Sebastian Bach (born on 21st March 1685).
Ennio Morricone wins his first Academy Award
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- Wednesday, 02 March 2016
His soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight was named ‘Best Original Score’ at the ceremony in LA on 28 February, making the 87-year-old the oldest winner in the history of the awards.
A guide to Pierre Schaeffer, the godfather of sampling
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- Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Nearly 50 years before DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing was hailed as the first album made entirely of samples, a French broadcaster envisioned a music made solely from pre-recorded loops.
Maurice White: The Audacity Of Uplift
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- Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Maurice White — the prolific songwriter, singer, producer, arranger, bandleader, organizer and conceptualist at the helm of multi-platinum act Earth, Wind & Fire who transitioned at 74 gifted us with years of optimistic, exuberant music that could instantly evaporate your frown into thin air.
Le Salegy à Madagascar
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- Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Véritable patrimoine musical, le Salegy figure parmi les rythmes, musiques et danses traditionnels malgaches les plus populaires depuis le milieu du vingtième siècle.
Grammys 2016: Cécile McLorin Salvant and Maria Schneider are among the jazz winners
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- Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The Grammy Awards like nothing more than to be seen as getting younger, but that idea did not extend to 12-year-old piano phenom Joey Alexander in this year's jazz category.
Opera's new voices: 10 composers making overtures to greatness
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- Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The Opera Guide – just updated in a new digital edition – features the world’s 100 most performed composers. With almost 20% of that number still writing today, its editor picks ten living composers who’re new to the guide.
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