Music on the Magic Mountain
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Music on the Magic Mountain

How Thomas Mann’s ‘The Magic Mountain’ uses the power of music to transform a simple soul amid life, death, and war.

Tune in Today: Inspired by Folk Dance Forms, Elevated to Symphonic Brilliance
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Tune in Today: Inspired by Folk Dance Forms, Elevated to Symphonic Brilliance

How a set of traditional piano duets caught the ear of Johannes Brahms and launched Antonin Dvorak onto the global stage.

Alfred Newman: The Movies’ Favorite Musician
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Alfred Newman: The Movies’ Favorite Musician

In this installment of ‘The Art of Liberty,’ we visit the composer whose music delighted millions of movie fans.

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Tune in Today: The Revival J.S. Bach and His ‘Six Suites’
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Tune in Today: The Revival J.S. Bach and His ‘Six Suites’

Part 1 of this series on Bach’s “Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello“ discusses the 19th-century ‘Bach Revival.”

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Music on the Magic Mountain

Music on the Magic Mountain

How Thomas Mann’s ‘The Magic Mountain’ uses the power of music to transform a simple soul amid life, death, and war.

Tune in Today: Inspired by Folk Dance Forms, Elevated to Symphonic Brilliance

Tune in Today: Inspired by Folk Dance Forms, Elevated to Symphonic Brilliance

How a set of traditional piano duets caught the ear of Johannes Brahms and launched Antonin Dvorak onto the global stage.

Alfred Newman: The Movies’ Favorite Musician

Alfred Newman: The Movies’ Favorite Musician

In this installment of ‘The Art of Liberty,’ we visit the composer whose music delighted millions of movie fans.

Tune in Today: The Revival J.S. Bach and His ‘Six Suites’

Tune in Today: The Revival J.S. Bach and His ‘Six Suites’

Part 1 of this series on Bach’s “Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello“ discusses the 19th-century ‘Bach Revival.”

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Lionel Newman: Composing a Musical Legacy

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‘Making Music in Early America’: A Colonial Williamsburg Exhibition

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