Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and “Ode to Joy” were favorites among the Jews of Eastern Europe.
“I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like,” the justice said.
“It was a driving force for him to strive for the highest level of accomplishment.”
“It was a driving force for him to strive for the highest level of accomplishment.”
A recent concert of the work of Arvo Pärt at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church offered a perfect performance of the composer’s tintinnabuli style
Listen to a recently unearthed piece by Igor Stravinsky, currently being performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The International Street Cannibals ensemble’s physical performance at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery centered on Schoenberg’s second quartet.
Daniel Barenboim and the late Edward Said were convinced music could foster understanding between Israelis and Arabs.
Virgil Thomson, subject of a new Library of America series, produced admirable works. But his offensive statements about Aaron Copland and George Gershwin are cause for scrutiny.
Claude Frank, one of the last surviving pupils of legendary Austrian pianist Artur Schnabel, has died at the age of 89. Benjamin Ivry remembers his personal encounter with Frank at the artist’s New York apartment.