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Music Criticism

Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewed

Our opera-loving reviewer contrasts his own pieces, written 48 years apart, on the same Offenbach operetta.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston After Dark, criticism, Music Criticism, Ralph P. Locke

Book Review: The Joy and Glory of Virgil Thomson’s “The State of Music & Other Writings”

The Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson’s writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century’s preeminent musical scribes.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Library-of-America, Music Criticism, The State of Music and Other Writings, Tim Page, Virgil Thomson

Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason

A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews, Jazz, Music Criticism, Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason, Ralph J. Gleason, Toby Gleason, Yale-University-Press

Fuse Book Review: “Real Life Rock”—Decades of Quick Hits from Greil Marcus

If Real Life Rock‘s page count seems daunting, fear not. There isn’t an entry you’ll want to skip.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Greil Marcus, Music Criticism, Real Life Rock, rock, Yale-University-Press

Arts Interview: Tim Page on the “Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles, 1940-1954”

Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson’s best music criticism – trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: Classical Music Criticism, Herald Tribune, Music Criticism, The LIbrary of America, Tim Page, Virgil Thomson

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