• Sam Adams and Paul Revere: 5 Music News Clippings from Their 1795 Massachusetts Time Capsule (Beethoven, Haydn and More)

    Perhaps you've heard, but a crew of researchers is, as we speak, unearthing a time capsule potentially buried by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House during what's believed to have been 1795. The contents? Some coins, old newspaper clippings and an engraved silver plate...similar to what you buried in the back yard when you were a kid. Recorded music was far from understood at that time but we're curious what kind of music and news from the art world the Adams/Revere combo would have passed along to us had they been aware. With that we give you a collection of noteworthy musical happenings from 1795.
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    The sweet smell of success? The Sydney Conservatorium of Music will hope so, as they add a new dimension to a new opera production--the sensation of smell...
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