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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Music for stressed ears

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Tinnitus, the persistent ringing in the ears commonly resulting from overexposure to high-volume music and other loud noises, may be treatab...

Levine's eye

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The New York Review of Books catalogues the work of its longtime caricaturist, David Levine, who died recently. In the music section, note h...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

'Fortuna' favored

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"O Fortuna," the chorus that opens and concludes Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," has been named Britain's "mo...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Following yonder star

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Thanks to Jim Lowery for identifying this as "The Magi from the East," a woodcut by Gustav Doré.

Silent night? Not usually . . .

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Mike Gruss of The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk turns up two descendants of Josef Mohr, the composer of "Silent Night." Richard Mohr ...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

A decade's best

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Many music critics are assembling tops-of-the-decade lists of performances, so I thought I should do the same. Revisiting live performances ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Symphony names resident composer

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The Richmond Symphony has appointed composer D.J. Sparr to a residency in which he will write works for the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestr...
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Clarke Bustard
A music critic and cultural writer based in Richmond, VA, Bustard has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch since 1971. He also has contributed to Style Weekly in Richmond, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines, the webzine NewMusicBox and other publications. Bustard is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, as well as awards from state and national press associations.
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