“His job over the years has evolved into that of detective, applying his considerable forensic skills and his vast knowledge of the composer and his times to track down, verify and if possible acquire Beethoven documents and personal effects.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Roland Paoletti, 82, Architect Of London’s Jubilee Line
“The inside story of Paoletti’s career is more remarkable, proving that enduring public architecture at its best depends on a balance of personal strength, technical gumption, steadfast collaboration and a sharp sense of opportunity and tactics.”
The TSA’s Gallery Of Misfit Everything
“Far from the eyes of holiday travelers, there is an art gallery with an ever-changing, carefully curated selection of remarkable pieces that say a great deal about the United States, security, consumerism and our general frame of mind.”
Should Composition Students Have To Jury?
“By the time everyone else is cramming for final exams and performance juries, composers should have already completed an appropriate amount of music and either have it performed and recorded or at least have created a decent aural mock-up to present to others.”
Is It Time To Let College Essays Go? (Asks A Writing Professor)
“Nobody hates writing papers as much as college instructors hate grading papers (and no, having a robot do it is not the answer).”
Synthesizers: The Death Of TV And Movie Music?
“One always has to take that into account, that distance from the actual production of the sound. That gives it a slightly dehumanised quality.”
Little Books Looking For The Sweetest Reading Spot
“The wish is that a short book can navigate both print and digital with buoyant grace, where a bigger one might capsize. ‘Somewhere between a long magazine article and a book’ is the sweet spot that many publishers describe.”
Look, New Zealand is NOT Actually Middle Earth
“I don’t find a lot of neat answers when I put a map of Middle Earth next to one of New Zealand, and I haven’t decided once and for all if I can get down with LOTR’s politics.”
New Zealand, Land Of Films (Three More Avatar Movies To Be Filmed There)
In the country where all three Lord of the Rings and all three Hobbits have been (or will soon be) filmed, James Cameron will use Peter Jackson’s workshop, Weta.
Joan Fontaine, 96, Star Of Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ And ‘Suspicion’
“It was Hitchcock, with his penchant for ‘cool blondes, who brought Fontaine to the forefront when he cast her as the second Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca (1940), the director’s American debut. Her performance as the new wife of Laurence Olivier in a household haunted by the death of his first wife earned her an Academy Award nomination.”