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classical music stories: 45 news summaries

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Scots Build Replica of Bach's Head

Rendering is based on a cast, portrait, and papers from his time

Mar 1, 08 8:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Forensic artists have re-created Johann Sebastian Bach’s head based on a cast of his skull and documents from the composer’s time, the BBC reports. The model, built at Scotland’s Dundee University, is “the most complete face that can be built from the available reliable information,”... More »

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Germany • United Kingdom • classical music • Scotland • composer • Britain • forensic experts • Johann Sebastian Bach • Dundee University • Eisenach

Philip Glass: Trained By Life

Minimalist composer talks odd jobs, '60s NYC, making money and using drugs

Feb 29, 08 7:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Philip Glass paid $30 in rent in 1960s New York City, drove a cab to support his composing, and didn't make a dime on his work until he was 41. "I was trained by life," Glass tells Details of working at the kitchen table while his kids watched... More »

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drugs • New York City • classical music • composer • Philip Glass • Allen Ginsberg • Timothy Leary

Philharmonic Wows North Korea

New York orchestra wins ovation after landmark performance

Feb 26, 08 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Philharmonic received a huge ovation in Pyongyang tonight after a concert that marked the first thaw in cultural relations between the US and North Korea in 50 years. The performance—which included the countries' national anthems, a Korean folk song, and works by Gershwin, Dvorak, Wagner, and... More »

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music • North Korea • Condoleezza Rice • classical music • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • New York Philharmonic • Lorin Maazel • cultural diplomacy

North Korea Preps for Visit From NY Philharmonic

Pyongyang tears down anti-US posters in lead-up to concert

Feb 24, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Pyongyang may be shedding some of its anti-US propaganda in preparation for the New York Philharmonic's arrival tomorrow, but many worry Dvorak symphonies Tuesday for the elite will prove an ineffectual olive branch during a time of nuclear negotiations. Pshaw, an assistant secretary of state tells the LA Times:... More »

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music • North Korea • propaganda • classical music • Pyongyang • New York Philharmonic • Zarin Mehta • posters

Rostropovich Dead at 80

Conductor, cellist and champion of artistic freedom dies in his native Russia

Apr 27, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cellist, conductor, and one-time Soviet gadfly Mstislav Rostropovich, who used to instruct his orchestras to "play as if you are being tickled in the sides," died today in Moscow. Rostropovich, whose 17-year-run as the head of the National Symphony Orchestra tranformed it from a middling ensemble to one... More »

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music • Mstislav Rostropovich • classical music • obituary • USSR • National Symphony Orchestra • cello • composer

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