Monthly Archives: October 2008

LEON ALIVE

THE PAST IMPERFECT Who doesn’t remember Leon Levich? If there are three of you in a room, Leon tuned two of your pianos, and hocked you a chainick all afternoon about his own music and why it never gets played. … Continue reading

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ANTONY & THE PIANISTS

TOO HOT TO HANDLE? My editors at Bloomberg News had suggested weeks ago that the following item would be worth my attention. I never asked why. I fulfilled my obligation last Tuesday with my usual celerity and dispatch. On Wednesday … Continue reading

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End of the World?

A FURTHER NOTE ON THE UPCOMING WORLD’S END: URBANA, Ohio (AP) — A defendant had a hard time facing the music Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. … Continue reading

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The Grim Weeper

THE GRIM WEEPER Joseph Kerman, whose “Opera as Drama” contains the immortal phrase “’Tosca,’ that shabby little shocker,” comes down somewhat more gentl y on  “Madama Butterfly.”  Taking careful note of the opera’s “coarseness of sensitivity,”he concedes brownie points to … Continue reading

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