I sunk my teeth into Olivia Rodrigo’s new single “Vampire” this weekend to distract myself from the Supreme Court’s latest decisions.
Criticising the influence of modern industrial civilization on art, Whistler wrote of the time when "the amateur was unknown and the dilettante undreamed of", while Debussy wrote of the pseudo ...
Pianist Conrad Tao described his recital for piano and “Lumatone” on March 5 at Music Hall as all about “harmony and color.” It was that, but it was also about experimentation and pushing boundaries.
He encouraged Debussy to write music that was not hidebound by academic tradition – ‘Break the rules, defy convention’ could have been his credo – and to find inspiration in the paintings of Claude ...
Debussy was approached to compose music for ... and subsequently dedicated to Jeanne Leleu ("a souvenir from an artist who has been sincerely touched by your musical qualities") who did so well ...