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Book Review: Music on Film: Amadeus by Ray Morton
The Music on Film series from Limelight editions is a series of pocket sized studies of individual films where music is a central element. Some have been studies of musicals: West Side Story and...
View ArticleDVD Review: In Search of Beethoven and In Search of Mozart: Special...
Those of you who have been looking for Mozart and Beethoven lo these many years are not alone; film director Phil Grabsky has been searching for them as well and the results, his two documentaries—In...
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Let me be clear from the outset: I’m not really an “opera guy.” I have an appreciation for classical music and the operatic art form, sure, but I couldn’t tell you anything particularly relevant or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DVD Review: In Search Of Beethoven and In Search Of Mozart
The Microcinema documentaries In Search Of Beethoven & In Search Of Mozart are as brilliant as the composers whose lives are touched upon. Released as a three-disc DVD set, the two documentaries...
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Dudamel loves the Bowl; it was where he made his American debut. Being a man of the people, the Hollywood Bowl is certainly where the people, old, young, rich, and poor can gather on a summer’s night...
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