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Book Review: “Napoleon On War” — Might Makes Right, At Least for A While

July 10, 2015
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Bruno Colson’s book is a wonder of research, and serves to shed light on the state of Napoleon’s mind.

Concert Review: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, Andris Nelsons, and the BSO — Electrifying

April 6, 2015
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Saturday’s was the most electrifying, exciting, spontaneous-sounding, inevitable performance of this warhorse (Beethoven’s Violin Concerto) I’ve heard.

Book Review: “The Last of Her Kind” — Boomer Stories are Booming

April 24, 2006
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Well-crafted fiction about the politics and psychosis of the sixties is becoming a growing industry. The Last of Her Kind, by Sigrid Nunez (Farrar Straus and Giroux); “Eat the Document: A Novel” by Dana Spiotta (Scribner) By Harvey Blume The legacy of the sixties keeps coming at us. By now, even President Bush might have…

Toons Online

June 24, 2006
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By Danielle Dreilinger Web artists specializing in alternative comics are finding readers and discovering new ways for the arts to profit online.

Visual Arts: Dutch Art on a European Roll

June 14, 2008
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By Gary Schwartz In 1942, in fulfillment of an essay competition announced in 1936, the Teyler’s Second Society in Haarlem published the winning study on the spread of Dutch painting throughout the world: Horst Gerson, “Ausbreitung und Nachwirkung der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts” (The diffusion and after-effect of Dutch 17th-century painting). Written in German-occupied…

The Arts on Stamps of the World — August 27

August 27, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Jazz Review: Chick Corea’s Vigilette Trio at Scullers

September 29, 2018
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His beautiful sound is undimmed by time, his sensitivity to nuance is intact, and his choice of virtuoso partners was a delight.

Classical CD Reviews: Stanford’s Mass “Via victrix”, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Mendelssohn, and Anna Shelest plays Rubinstein

May 19, 2019
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Charles Villiers Stanford’s bold Mass Via victrix is finally heard; Pablo Heras-Casado wraps up his survey of the Mendelssohn symphonies in high style; Anna Shelest completes her performance of Anton Rubinstein piano concertos.

Theater Review: “The Niceties” — The Gloves Are Off

September 18, 2018
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Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties is an articulate, if structurally crabbed, expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell.

The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 18

December 18, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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