“Just Call Her ‘Tailleferre’”
/Even today, women composers still struggle for recognition. Michael Johnson explores the life and work of the unjustly forgotten Germaine Tailleferre.
Read MoreA Cycle of Horrifying Songs
/Schubert's bleak, tumultuous song cycle, Winterreise, is the subject of tenor Ian Bostridge's passionate new book. Greg Waldmann examines Schubert's Winter Journey, and the trouble with hard-to-love classical music.
Read MoreBook Review: Schubert's Winter Journey
/Schubert's haunting song-cycle "Winterreise," composed while he was mortally ill, was a mystery to his friends upon its first hearing. He assured them they'd grow to love it, and, in his latest book, Ian Bostridge certainly has
Read MoreBook Review: Musorgsky & His Circle
/Five remarkable men came together in 19th century St. Petersburg to challenge each other, compete with each other, inspire each other, and encourage each other - and some quite remarkable music resulted
Read MoreBook Review - Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
/A great conductor writes a great biography about a great composer!
Read MoreBook Review: Benjamin Britten - A Life For Music
/The great - and problematic - 20th century composer gets a broad-minded and intensely sensitive new biography
Read MoreCharles Rosen, 1927-2012
/Open Letters mourns the loss of Charles Rosen, pianist, scholar, teacher and critic.
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