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The library reveals that Masson enjoyed lighter reading too, such as the work of Georges Simenon and, in translation, Edgar ...

ver the past two seasons, Opernhaus Zürich has unrolled its new production of Wagner’s epic tetralogy, The Ring of the ...

As Yefim Bronfman walked to the piano on Sunday afternoon, I thought, “This is one of the most familiar sights in New ...

Kandinsky, like many artists of his time, spent most of his life being jostled around Europe. He left Russia for Germany at the turn of the century but was forced to return on the eve of World War I.

Germany has many orchestras, just as it should, given the history of music. The No. 1 orchestra in Germany, undoubtedly, is the Berlin Philharmonic. What is No. 2? I will not hazard to rank (beyond ...

“They don’t build things like that anymore!” Such expostulations—usually heard in the vicinity of palaces, ancient ruins, and cathedrals—have always been lazy, but one brief glance at Living Tradition ...