Dessert First: A Set of Musical Encores
Here's a set of musical encores. Camerata Nordica plays "Last Spring," from Edvard Grieg's Elegiac Melodies. Then, an improvisation on a Venezuelan folk tune by violinist Alexis Cardenas. And to wrap...
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If Lincoln had used an iPod, it would have needed a lot of memory. Classical music commentator Miles Hoffman reports that the 16th president's musical tastes ranged from popular ballads to opera, and...
View ArticlePiano Twang: Steven Mayer Plays 'Le Banjo'
Music by New Orleans native Louis Moreau Gottschalk, America's first musical superstar, is a gumbo of styles including pop and classical.
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