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Time’s Echo: Music as Living History
“Time’s Echo” explores powerful musical memorials by Shostakovich, Britten, Schoenberg and Strauss. Read more…
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Vaughan Williams’ Amanuensis: The Invisible Hand of Roy Douglas
Roy Douglas’ book, “Working with Vaughan Williams” (1988), elaborates on his relationship with the famed English composer, for whom he served as “musical midhusband” with modesty and humility. Read more…
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Samuel Barber Combed for Absorbing New Biography
Howard Pollack does it again, with doorstop biography of one of America’s finest composers. Read more…
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The Long Ships: A Sly and Wry, Rip-Roaring Viking Adventure
Norse logic and laconism have rarely been so amusing. Not for the politically-correct crowd, maybe. But they’re Vikings! Read more…
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Copland and Pollack Share the Gift to Be Simple
The Dean of American Composers is humanized in Howard Pollack’s accessible, absorbing biography. Read more…
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Like Microplastics, Wagner Is Everywhere
Alex Ross’ “Wagnerism” persuasively argues that Richard Wagner was the single most influential artist of perhaps the last 180 years. Read more…
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No, Giorgio!
Pavarotti’s “Yes, Giorgio” is the most dangerous kind of bad. Read more…
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