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Hammer a ring on it

The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, better known as the BBC Proms, were founded in 1895, with the intention of presenting concerts in a less formal atmosphere for those unfamiliar...

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Listen to This

Largehearted Boy interviews Alex Ross about his new book, and Ross provides a short playlist of records that emphasize the book’s “principal theme—the interconnectedness of far-flung musical realms.”...

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When trying to understand modernist ruptures, the revitalization of tradition inherent in supposedly destructive tactics is readily apparent. Stravinsky and Schoenberg seem to intend not that we stop...

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