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On June 22, 2013, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela celebrated their golden anniversary. Come August, the couple would mark an equally important bond together--50 years living, working and performing at their Dream House... -
Producer Jon M. Samuels on Sony's 41-CD Box Set 'Vladimir Horowitz--Live at Carnegie Hall' [AUDIO]
Anyone who thinks that putting together these enormous box sets of great artists of yesteryear is simply a matter of grabbing some old recordings, putting them in a shiny new box and bunging them out at an expensive (well, sometimes) -
Off Off Broadway: Marc Spitz, 'Revenge and Guilt' [PHOTOS]
Granted, we've already shared the Quickie playbill for critic, playwright and Lower East Side (now West Village) habitué Marc Spitz's newest production, 'Revenge and Guilt.' With this his first time in the director's chair, of course, we... -
Pianist Herbie Hancock and Soprano Martina Arroyo Awarded 2013 Kennedy Center Honors
On Thursday, jazz pianist/composer Herbie Hancock and operatic soprano Martina Arroyo were named as recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors--one of the United States' top cultural awards... -
TRANSLATION: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire,' Op. 21 - "Crosses"
Teil II: 14. "Crosses" Lost in the fire of last year's Pierrot centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. -
Claudio Abbado, Citing Ill Health, Pulls Out of Japanese Tour
Claudio Abbado, generally considered as one of the world's most profoundly insightful conductors, has had his serious health problems in recent years. Which makes the news that the 80-year-old maestro has pulled out of the upcoming... -
TRANSLATION: Arnold Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire,' Op. 21 - "Decapitation"
Teil II: 13. "Decapitation" Lost in the fire of last year's Pierrot centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Rosh Hashanah Musical Works
Required listening to make the Jewish new year that bit more musical. A curious thing happened yesterday night in the middle of my family's traditional Rosh Hashanah dinner--Rosh Hashanah, as I'm sure you'll all remember from your Judaism classes, being the Jewish new year. -
World Maker Faire New York to Present Music for Suitcases, Singing Lobsters and More
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In Remembrance: English Symphony Orchestra Marks Five Years Since Vernon Handley’s Death
Hard as it may seem after the many decades during which he bestrode the music world, September 10, 2013 marks exactly five years since conductor Vernon Handley died. His final band, the English Symphony Orchestra, have published... -
Canceled 'Bunheads' Cast Does Final Farewell Dance, Featuring Sir Elton John
Let us not shed a tear, however, as Classicalite knows Emma Dumont, Kaitlyn Jenkins, Bailey Buntain, Julia Goldani Telles and, of course, Sutton Foster will keep on dancing, indeed. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Classical Music and Movie Trivia
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