The Purist
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Behind the musical masks of composer György Kurtág.
Selected Writing
Ives for sale
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Evicting America’s great musical poet of place.
Light and shadows:
The music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg
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A composer for whom art after Auschwitz was not only possible. It was the only antidote to life after Auschwitz.
The heroism of Hans von Dohnanyi
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In a rare interview, the conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi recalls his father’s war against Adolf Hitler.
Beethoven wandering
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A sculpture’s long journey to its present home.
The Denouncer
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A meeting with Tikhon Khrennikov, the official who attacked Shostakovich and Prokofiev — and outlived the Soviet Union.