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
The Star Spangled Banner became the legal national anthem of the United States in 1931, the first time any song …Read the Rest
The son of an ardent abolitionist, Henry Clay Work was born in Connecticut in 1832. He trained as a printer …Read the Rest
In his youth, Schubert easily wrote six symphonies after the manner of Haydn and Mozart, the last of them in …Read the Rest
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