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A great article from today’s Washington Post, about the phenomenon that is Yo-Yo Ma – here’s the teaser:
In 1961, Pablo Casals played for John F. Kennedy at the White House. The concert could be seen as a symbol of the importance of the arts to the Kennedy administration, or as a gesture of [...]
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In his introduction of Eartha Kitt last night, Thomas Lauderdale mentioned that she was long blackballed for having spoken out against the Vietnam War during a command performance at the White House.
This made me think about the relationship between artists and those in positions of power. You hear a lot about celebrities aligning with various [...]
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Anne Midgette, writing for the Washington Post, talks about her non-response to the music of Johannes Brahms, which she describes thusly:
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