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Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings

Ozawa, who died this week at 88 years old, left behind a catalog made with orchestras in Boston, Chicago and…

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Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88

He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and helped dispel prejudices about East Asian classical musicians.

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No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’

A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”…

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love John Coltrane

Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of…

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Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.

The guys in Bad Dog, a folkie duo from Washington, D.C., weren’t hoping to get rich off the album they…

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‘Everything Has a Time’: Cleveland’s Longest-Serving Conductor Plans His Departure

One night last fall, Franz Welser-Möst, the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, walked onto the stage of Severance Hall,…

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Alice Parker, Composer Who Heard Music in Poetry, Dies at 98

A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals used in concert halls and…

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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Being Developed as a Stage Musical

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.

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Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48

He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for…

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Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.

“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young…

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