The New York Times – Music:
An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing company his heirs founded burned down.
Category: Schoenberg, Arnold
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At Carnegie Hall, Weimar Is Irresistible but Vaguely Defined
The New York Times – Music:
Carnegie’s intermittently illuminating festival “Fall of the Weimar Republic” has suffered from interjections of too much standard repertory.
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The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner
The New York Times – Music:
Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”
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When Classical Music Was an Alibi
The New York Times – Music:
The idea that musicians and their work are apolitical flourished after World War II, in part thanks to the process of denazification.