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Classical 101Heidi Waleson has been the opera critic for The Wall Street Journal for 25 years. Her new book, Mad Scenes and Exit Arias, gives an overview of the New鈥
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Classical 101When I was young and obnoxious, I had very little use for any music that approached large commercial success.No, I wasn't smart enough to slave away in鈥
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Classical 101Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Chilean-born actress Felicia Montealegre, had three children: Jamie, Alexander and Nina. Montealegre died in 1978.鈥
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Classical 101I knew of Eugene Drucker as a formidable violinist, and as a member of the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet. The Emersons have been established鈥
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Classical 101Think of your favorite page-turner. Think of the novel you get lost in, whether on the beach or on the bus 鈥 The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough comes鈥
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Classical 101If you go through life with a name like John Latouche, you'd better be talented.Luckily, John Treville Latouche (1914-1956) was immensely talented. He鈥
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Classical 101There are perhaps no two men more qualified to talk about their pursuit of music and literature than Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa. So when I discovered鈥
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Classical 101Last May, I wrote a post about 鈥10 Great Children鈥檚 Books about Classical Music.鈥 Even now, months later, you, the readers of this blog, continue to show鈥
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Classical 101The way to a kid's heart maybe less through music at first, but more through stories. Here's a list of some of my favorite books about opera, suitable for鈥
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Classical 101This Mother's Day, why not put a little music in your life at Classical 101's Youth & Family Day?Sunday, May 10, 星空无限传媒 and the ProMusica鈥