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Ted Gioia writes on music, literature and pop culture. Author of 11 books including his newest work Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books, October 2019).

Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2009.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 2. velj

    For Stan Getz's birthday—Lorraine Feather has called my attention to this photo from the archive of her father (jazz critic Leonard Feather). It's nice to see Benny Goodman smiling, but when you have Stan Getz in your band, who wouldn't? (Source: .)

  2. 2. velj

    Super Bowl hasn’t even started, but I’ve already seen the best pass of the day.

  3. 2. velj

    For some it's Super Bowl Sunday. For others, it's time to celebrate James Joyce's birthday.

  4. 2. velj

    Peter Serkin (1947-2020) plays an upright on the street in Brunswick Maine, June 5, 2018.

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  5. 1. velj

    Belgian foundation acquires the oldest preserved saxophone—and will put it on display in Brussels (where inventor Adolphe Sax started his career making musical instruments).

  6. 31. sij

    Survey paints a bleak picture of the state of a music career in the year 2020. Music journalism gets a surprisingly high ranking from musicians—but probably only because other support structures are in even worse shape.

  7. 31. sij

    Beethoven's Ode to Joy hits number 1 in UK on day of Brexit. Those who have read my account of the politicization and ideological manipulation of Beethoven in my new book MUSIC (passage below) will not be surprised by this.

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  8. 31. sij

    Battle of the Bands in the year 2020.

  9. 31. sij
    Odgovor korisniku/ci

    Yeah, but it’s hard to argue with this.

  10. 30. sij

    Reassessing Isaac Asimov on his 100th birthday.

  11. 29. sij
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    Why are there so many songs about cars?

  13. 28. sij
  14. 28. sij

    A couple more exhibits from David Cashman's dissertation on cruise ship musicians—I found these amusing.

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  15. 28. sij

    Here are some interesting exhibits from David Cashman's dissertation on cruise ship musicians. His survey suggests that this is a gig musicians pursue at the very beginning or very end of their careers.

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  16. 28. sij

    I've been fascinated by the PhD dissertation on cruise ship musicians (by David William Cashman)—and learned that the practice started by accident when New York musicians agreed to play on the SS Sirius in 1838 in exchange for free passage to England.

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  17. 28. sij

    This 2000-year-old skull may belong to Pliny the Elder.

  18. 28. sij

    “Tell me again, what instrument do you play?”

  19. 26. sij

    This was Kobe Bryant, just a few weeks ago—helping crash victims.

  20. 26. sij

    A harsh critique of the state of the book business. Maybe a wee bit too cynical—but still worth reading.

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