Last month, EMA published John Koster’s review of Stewart Pollen’s book A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments. In the review, Koster wrote that the ‘book is beset with numerous problems.’ In reply, author Pollens sent EMA a Letter to the Editor.
To the Editor: Stewart Pollens responds to John Koster’s Review Read More »
Early-music presenting organizations mostly hire touring ensembles. Yet many programs that foster the next generation focus on talented individual musicians. So Arizona Early Music created the Emerging Ensemble Residency, where a young group is set up with a mentor and works on both performance and the business of being a professional touring ensemble. The inaugural award goes to Montreal’s Le Consort laurentien, whose residency starts this month.
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Handel’s operas tell vivid stories in a complex, even idiosyncratic, manner that is not readily apparent even to a passionate Handelian. This brilliant book offers an eloquent account of the underlying processes at work, calling on broad examples — including classical literature, Shakespeare, novels, film — of the same narrative strategies.
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King Philip II, who ruled over Spain and large corners of Western Europe in the late 1500s, hired Flemish composers for his illustrious court in Madrid. A leading Spanish ensemble, El León de Oro, offer striking performances of this little-known repertoire.
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In this review-essay, noted scholar Rebecca Cypess speaks to Ian Pomerantz and Byron Schenkman with a view to understanding the multifaceted contributions of their album, ‘Art Songs of the Jewish Diaspora,’ both musically and culturally.
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