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Monthly Archives: September 2011

The quest for a national anthem: Civil War edition
Civil War music

The quest for a national anthem: Civil War edition

The Star Spangled Banner became the legal national anthem of the United States in 1931, the first time any song …Read the Rest

Henry Clay Work’s Civil War Songs
Civil War music

Henry Clay Work’s Civil War Songs

The son of an ardent abolitionist, Henry Clay Work was born in Connecticut in 1832. He trained as a printer …Read the Rest

Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, known as no. 8
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Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, known as no. 8

In his youth, Schubert easily wrote six symphonies after the manner of Haydn and Mozart, the last of them in …Read the Rest

The barbed wit behind the barber: Beaumarchais
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The barbed wit behind the barber: Beaumarchais

Every opera buff knows and loves Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. Perhaps even the most casual …Read the Rest