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Pacific Modern. The New Yorker, Dec. 11, 2023. Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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My visit here, motivated primarily by Thomas Mann research, happily coincides with the Sonic Matter Festival, under the artistic direction of Katharina Rosenberger. Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Am Bodensee

Posted 7 days ago at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Jonah Haven moment

From Haven's debut CD on Wergo. Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Friedrich Hollaender moment

Hollaender's scalding satire of antisemitism appeared in his Spuk in der Villa Stern revue of 1931. The lyrics are here, though they lose bite in translation. My attempt at one verse: If the telephone is busy, If the bathtub's sprung... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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An Alkan moment

This is equally a Mark Viner moment. Continue reading

Posted Nov 24, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Raven Chacon moment

Posted Nov 23, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Dike Newlin at 100

The astonishing life of Dika Newlin, who would have been one hundred today, can hardly be summarized in a couple of sentences. Some years back, Donna Arnold wrote a wonderful piece about her for NewMusicBox. Continue reading

Posted Nov 22, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Georges Lentz moment

Lentz's Violin Concerto, “…to beam in distant heavens…,” had its première at the Sydney Symphony in April, with Umberto Clerici conducting and Arabella Steinbacher undertaking the monumental solo part. In other Lentz news, the Cobar Sound Chapel is now up... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Bookshelf

New and recent publications of interest. Jeremy Eichler, Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance (Knopf) Jeffrey Arlo Brown, The Life and Music of Gérard Grisey: Delirium and Form (University of Rochester Press) Harald... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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For David Del Tredici

Gaunt in gloom, The pale stars their torches, Enshrouded, wave. Ghostfires from heaven's far verges faint illume, Arches on soaring arches, Night's sindark nave... James Joyce, "Night Piece" Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Slonimsky meets Johnny Carson

I interviewed the sublime Slonimsky two years later, for my college radio show. He reminisced about the day in 1917 when someone told him some kind of revolution was happening in the streets of Petrograd. He went outside, walked around,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Toscanini, Iturbi, and me

See also Henry Koster's Music for Millions (1944). Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Nightafternight playlist

New and recent releases of interest. Weather Systems II – Soundlines: On Language and the Land: works by Xenakis, Vivian Fung, George Lewis, Lei Liang, Rzewski, Vinko Globokar, Roger Reynolds, Sarah Hennies; Steven Schick (Islandia; out Dec. 1) Linda Catlin... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Wagner in San Diego

The San Diego Symphony, under Rafael Payare, plays the Ring Without Words at the Rady Shell. Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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The East German oboe underground

Wild Reeds. The New Yorker, Nov. 20, 2023. Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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New hatefulness from Spotify

Last year I wrote that Spotify's royalty system is "as perfect an embodiment of the winner-takes-all neoliberal economy as has yet been devised." Perfection, it turns out, can always be improved, as Damon Krukowski reports: "Starting in 2024 (less than... Continue reading

Posted Nov 8, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Paul Dessau moment

Posted Nov 8, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Sciarrino moment

Posted Nov 5, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Friedrich Goldmann moment

Posted Nov 1, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Happy Hallowe'en

Posted Oct 31, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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A Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 moment

Posted Oct 30, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Sasha Frere-Jones's Earlier

Because I've long been friends with the New Yorker's former pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones, and because I appear briefly as a character in his new book, this encomium is likely suspect. Nonetheless, I'm compelled to declare my mesmerized admiration for... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Dylanism

Today is publication day for Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine, a massive anthology inspired by the archival holdings of the Bob Dylan Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel are the editors; contributors include Greil Marcus, Michael... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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Madama Butterfly in Detroit

Reorienting Butterfly. The New Yorker, Oct. 30, 2023. Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

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