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No comment?? Another “interesting” album cover for...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:20 -0700

No comment?? Another “interesting” album cover for your Friday.

Should you desire 38 different recordings of Rite of Spring in honor of its centenary, HERE YOU GO.

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:13:34 -0700

Should you desire 38 different recordings of Rite of Spring in honor of its centenary, HERE YOU GO.

Ravel’s Bolero: 1 cello, 4 guys, lots of awesome.

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:45 -0700

Ravel’s Bolero: 1 cello, 4 guys, lots of awesome.

A musician’s theory of relativity.

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:25 -0700

A musician’s theory of relativity.

Existing low brass wasn’t good enough for The Ring Cycle,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:11:25 -0700

Existing low brass wasn’t good enough for The Ring Cycle, so Wagner invented his own tuba. Happy Thursday!

In today’s edition of “Composer Facial Hair on...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:03:15 -0700

In today’s edition of “Composer Facial Hair on Crack” we have Cesar Franck and his sideburns. If they even qualify as sideburns anymore. (?)

This day in Lincoln Center history...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:13:26 -0700

Happy birthday, Lincoln Center!

lincolncenter:

On May 14, 1959, the official groundbreaking for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts took place. The photo above is from the official ceremony, which included President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a performance by the New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.

(Photo: Bob Serating)

Franz says, "Relaaax." Here's a mixtape. Bye.

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:03:33 -0700

Franz says, "Relaaax." Here's a mixtape. Bye.

Hell yeah John Philip Sousa! leadingtone: John Philip Sousa...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:13:51 -0700

Hell yeah John Philip Sousa!

leadingtone:

John Philip Sousa and the Boys, 23 May 1914.

(US LoC)

There are certainly many who wish instruments “grew”...

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:17:15 -0700

There are certainly many who wish instruments “grew” like this.

thepianomotif:

Rooted Sound by Bananabread

YOU GUYS. A stalactite organ. Hand-tuned and everything!

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:03:27 -0700

YOU GUYS. A stalactite organ. Hand-tuned and everything!

So, this is what modern-day composing looks like, right??

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:28:45 -0700

So, this is what modern-day composing looks like, right??

Mozart goes to the ATM. AND STEALS SOME GUY’S MONEY.

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:14:27 -0700

Mozart goes to the ATM. AND STEALS SOME GUY’S MONEY.

Where Baseball and Mozart Collide...

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:26:34 -0700

lincolncenter:

Did you know…

Detroit Tigers First Baseman Prince Fielder comes to the plate to the sounds of Mozart’s Requiem?

Read on for more details on why he chose this classic.

Longform Reprints: Pitch Battles by Colin Dickey

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:10:17 -0700

Longform Reprints: Pitch Battles by Colin Dickey:

How a paranoid fringe group made musical tuning an international issue.

Fascinating long article on the wars over pitch! Involving political intrigue, well known vocalists, and musical standards.

/Salon97 - Carla

um, yikes.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:22:08 -0700

um, yikes.

Another installment of calming classical: Bach in a Japanese...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:14:29 -0700

Another installment of calming classical: Bach in a Japanese Forest. Yes, it’s a commercial, but still a creative feat of engineering. Sit back and enjoy Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”

(via sakura4250)

/Salon97-Jenn

Walk to the Paradise Garden? Okay, Delius. You got it.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:12:43 -0700

Walk to the Paradise Garden? Okay, Delius. You got it.

(via gemmacorrell) Is this true? /Salon97-Yenn

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:43:54 -0700

(via gemmacorrell)

Is this true?

/Salon97-Yenn

nyphil: Burning Bright “The violinist is that peculiarly human...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:13:34 -0700

nyphil:

Burning Bright

“The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency: half tiger, half poet.” — Yehudi Menuhin, who would have been 97 today and whose regular appearances with the New York Philharmonic spanned nearly 60 years.

(Photo: New York Philharmonic Digital Archives)