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In Manchester, UK, a man (who it turns out is a former principal clarinetist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra) sued a production of The Wizard of Oz over its use of a recorded track instead of a live orchestra. He sued under the UK’s Trade Descriptions Act, which essentially functions as a truth in advertising [...]
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So the inevitable has happened, Don Rosenberg, the classical music critic who was moved off his beat covering the Cleveland Orchestra, has filed suit against both the paper (the Cleveland Plain Dealer) and the orchestra.
Hear the story from Cleveland’s NPR affiliate here.
From 90.3FM’s website:
Don Rosenberg was moved off his beat covering the Cleveland Orchestra earlier [...]
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The Seattle Weekly has printed an article centering around the “one-woman law firm” of Brenda Little and her lawsuit against Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony on behalf of violinist Peter Kaman. Read the entire article here.
Here’s a tidbit:
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The New York Times today published an article of not insignificant length dedicated to the Seattle Symphony and its intense level of discord between its musicians and its music director and conductor Gerard Schwarz.
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It appears that some dodgy fact-finding on the part of critic/writer Norman Lebrecht may have gotten him into trouble – his publisher has withdrawn all unsold copies (in the United Kingdom) of his most recent book on classical music and will have them destroyed. All as a result of a lawsuit brought by the [...]
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