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At 150, Charles Ives Still Reflects the Darkness and Hope of America
This pioneering composer is not the easiest to love. But while he explores the poison of American nationalism, his music also offers an antidote.
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CreditUniversal History Archive/Universal Images Group via, Getty Images Randy Newman Is at His Best When America Is at Its Worst
His movie songs are filled with memorable melodies; his own albums with unsavory characters. One of the most astute cultural observers is the subject of a new book.
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CreditMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images One Direction Members Honor Liam Payne With Emotional Tributes
After hearing the news of Payne’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony, his groupmates, fans and collaborators shared their shock and grief.
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CreditCharles Sykes/Invision, via Associated Press The Exquisite Fragility of Mark Andre’s Music
Andre’s family history is one of precarity and mutability. His works, vulnerable and intricate, aren’t so different.
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More in Classical Music ›Adam Abeshouse, Prolific Producer of Classical Music, Dies at 63
A trained violinist, he found his calling in the studio control room. He also started a foundation to help fund recordings that lack major-label support.
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CreditRick Marino Una violinista de 21 años destaca en un campo repleto de prodigios
María Dueñas tiene algo que decir, y la habilidad para decirlo con brillantez. Este mes debuta como solista en el Carnegie Hall.
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CreditHannah Beier para The New York Times Leif Segerstam, Unorthodox Finnish Conductor and Composer, Dies at 80
He mystified his countrymen with an unstoppable flow of symphonies. He was also, one journalist said, “an alarming person to interview.”
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CreditAnna Flegontova Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Fills the Met Opera Stage With Flamenco
Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang’s opera, inspired by the life of Federico García Lorca, arrived at the Met with a dizzying blend of styles.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘We Are Not a Monolith’: Black Artists Gather at the Philharmonic
An Afromodernism festival at the New York Philharmonic shines a light on Black artists, who are vastly underrepresented in classical music.
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The PlaylistFKA twigs’s Electro-Pop Enticement, and 8 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Haley Heynderickx, Cymande, Bonzie and others.
By Jon Pareles
New York TodayA New Venue Celebrates the Sound of the Bronx
The Bronx Music Hall is the first new independent music venue in the borough in more than 50 years.
By James Barron
‘The Warriors’ Hooked Lin-Manuel Miranda at 4. Now Comes the Album.
He collaborated with Eisa Davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. One big change: the main gang is made up of women.
By Michael Paulson
Documentary LensTegan and Sara and Their Catfishing Horror Story
“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo and their fans endured.
By Alissa Wilkinson
What We Know About Liam Payne’s Death
A hotel desk manager called 911 with concerns about Payne, the former One Direction singer, shortly before he fell from a third-floor balcony. The results of toxicology reports are pending.
By Emmanuel Morgan and Lucía Cholakian Herrera
Mitzi Gaynor, Leading Lady of Movie Musicals, Is Dead at 93
She was best known for starring in the 1958 screen version of “South Pacific.” But her Hollywood career was brief, and she soon shifted her focus to Las Vegas and TV.
By Anita Gates
Prosecutors Argue Sean Combs Can’t ‘Pay His Way Out of Detention’
In a new filing, the government said the music mogul, who has proposed a sizable bail package as part of his bid to be released, should remain incarcerated.
By Julia Jacobs
How Florence Welch Turned Rage Into Power
Nearly two decades into her career, the singer still sounds like no one else out there.
By Lauren Groff
The Greats
T celebrates four talents across music, art and fashion who, through patience and perseverance, have transformed the culture.
TimesVideoLiam Payne of One Direction Dies in Buenos Aires
The police cordoned off the hotel where the 31-year-old singer of the British band died as fans gathered to mourn him.
By Shawn Paik
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