“Stravinsky composed his Pogrebal’naya Pesnya (Funeral Song) in memory of his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, shortly after Rimsky’s death in June 1908. The 12-minute work was performed only once, … but was always thought to have been destroyed in the 1917 revolutions or the civil war that followed.”
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How A Leading Modern Dance Couple Make Their Family And Their Art
“Ten years ago Dana Fouras gave up a feted career dancing with her husband, the choreographer Russell Maliphant, to look after their young family. Now she’s back, and here they talk about being a couple both on stage and over the kitchen table.”
Coming To Terms With ‘Slut’: What A Woman Faces When She Publishes A Sex Memoir
Robin Rinaldi: “As a protagonist, I was far from perfect. As a writer, I struggled as best I could to tell the raw truth about how these issues played out in my life. … But it’s the combination of social media and sexism that filters an entire range of potential feedback down to its surprisingly predictable essence, as I learned from tweets and Facebook messages directed at me after my book was published.”
How The Boston Symphony Almost Got Kicked Off Their Plane
“‘Holy cow – @British_Airways is about to kick the whole @BostonSymphony off their flight home!!’ That was the tweet sent out on Sunday by Toby Oft, principal trombonist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.”
The Internet Of Way Too Many Things
Allison Arieff argues that the development of the so-called “Internet of Things (“you know, that thing where a bunch of other things will be connected to the Internet”) is now plagued by “the tendency … to throw excess technological capability at every possible gadget without giving any thought to whether it’s really necessary.”
Best of today’s AJBlogs 09-06-15
- John Lennon Sang It: ‘Imagine there’s no borders …’
Posted at Stop the War coalition:For the first time in the post-World War II era, more than 50 million people are on the move — as refugees, asylum-seekers or internally displaced. They are mostly fleeing… … read more
- Molé and Tequila
A few months ago, I was supposed to be in Italy this week for a totalism festival at Bari Conservatory. That got canceled or postponed due to massive administrative changes at the Conservatory, so maybe… … read more
- The Willis Conover Archive Is Online
The music program at the University of North Texas has graduated hundreds of jazz artists who went on to successful careers as professionals. Woody Herman populated virtually an entire edition of his Thundering Herd of… …read more
- Other Matters: Plain English
In the English language, the word “that” used as a conjunction can illuminate meaning and make for easier comprehension. Yet, today more and more editors and speakers eliminate the word, and clarity suffers. Here are… …read more
- Newcomers in Grahamland
The Martha Graham Dance Company presents new, recent, and classic works at Jacob’s Pillow. Ben Schultz and PeiJu Chien-Pott of the Martha Graham Dance Company in Mats Ek’s Axe. Photo: Christopher Duggan The last week… … read more
- Trumpeting a Strumpet; Slammer to Glamor: Modigiliani & Taubman Faceoff in Auction Wars
I had a did-he-really-say-that moment early last month, when listening to Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith woo stock analysts during the auction house’ssecond-quarter conference call: Smith, new to Sotheby’s, glowingly cited the late A. Alfred… … read more
Author PD James Left An Estate Of £22 Million
“The writer who died aged 94 last November left the bulk of her net estate of £22,403,597 before inheritance tax to her two daughters. It is believed that her estate will have to pay more than £8m in tax.”
How One Playwright Imagines The Audience She Writes For
“For me, thinking about this big audience makes my play bigger, because the things I’m worried about right now—getting my son into a good high school, you know, etcetera, etcetera—I’m not sure I want to be writing plays about that. I feel like the playwright is in the business of imagining bigger worlds, and by putting the audience there—especially with the class spectrum—I feel like the plays get deeper and bigger.”
Has Imogen Heap Figure Out A Way For Musicians To Take More Control Of Their Music?
“Borrowing the idea from the digital currency bitcoin, Ethereum records information on a public database in a chronological way that prevents copying, tampering, fraud or deletion. It’s a new anonymous, decentralised, uncensored internet, and a new way of controlling and storing digital information. It’s not designed for music – it’s designed for whatever people want to use it for. One key aim is to create purer, more efficient markets. But it just so happens to be perfect for what Heap is planning.”
How Seattle Abandoned A Beloved Arts Festival And What Happened When The Concert Industry Took It Over
“I winced and paid. The good news is I didn’t fall for the $189 three-day pass upselling scheme. The bad news is I paid a 2,600 percent markup over the 1985 price.”