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Michael Rose: Berlioz Remembered; Hector Berlioz (trans.and ed. by Alastair Bruce): The Musical Madhouse (Les Grotesques de la musique)

Posted on 12th January 2016 by Robert

If the Paris of the 19th century was considered the cultural capital of the world, it was with good reason: of the major artistic and intellectual figures of the age, those who did not live there made a point of … Continue reading →

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Judith Tick’s Ruth Crawford Seeger’s A Composer’s Search for American Music

Posted on 2nd December 2000 by Gary Whitehouse

Ruth Crawford Seeger is a pivotal but little-known figure of American music in the 20th Century. Judith Tick’s biography is a suitable monument to Crawford’s life and work. A pianist, composer, teacher and folklorist, Crawford straddled the worlds of modernist … Continue reading →

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Raffaele Quirino’s Ani DiFranco: Righteous Babe

Posted on 12th June 2000 by Diverse Voices

No’am Newman wrote this review. If you’re looking for a bare bones biography about the Buffalo, New York, singer songwriter Ani DiFranco, then her website is a good place to start. But if you’re looking for something deeper, then Ani … Continue reading →

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