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60 stories by "Anthony Tommasini"

The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics by Anthony Tommasini

Music lovers have long been understandably enthralled with Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and their Romantic brethren.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:00am on January 19, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: The Female Factor by Anthony Tommasini

The sad truth is that until relatively recent decades, women have had severely limited opportunities within all the arts, especially music and, even more, composition.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:58pm on January 18, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust by Anthony Tommasini

Verdi and Wagner were great students of Beethoven, and their operas have symphonic sweep, architectonic integrity and orchestral richness galore. In addition, you cannot discount their endur…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:00am on January 17, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: Which 20th-Century Masters Will Make the Cut? by Anthony Tommasini

Though Debussy was born in 1862 and died in 1918, this path-breaker has to be considered a 20th-century giant.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:42am on January 12, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: The Vienna Four Part 2 by Anthony Tommasini

The argument for Mozart as the greatest composer ever would be based on his astounding versatility.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:00am on January 11, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: The Vienna Four by Anthony Tommasini

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: What made Vienna such a hotbed?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04pm on January 10, 2011[SHARE]

Top 10 Composers: Help Write the List by Anthony Tommasini

In videos and posts on ArtsBeat over the next two weeks Anthony Tommasini will explore the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00am on January 7, 2011[SHARE]

A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next by Anthony Tommasini

Yonghoon Lee wins admirers for his work in "Don Carlo."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:21pm on December 20, 2010[SHARE]

White Light Festival: A Tribute to Belief by Anthony Tommasini

Virgil Thomson, who grew up in a Baptist family and was a church organist in his youth, was never susceptible to religion, even as a child. Yet like his student Mr. Rorem, Thomson wrote many…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:05pm on November 18, 2010[SHARE]

White Light Festival: Define Spiritual by Anthony Tommasini

I am more sympathetic to the goals behind festivals in general and was drawn into this one, despite reservations.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:10pm on November 17, 2010[SHARE]
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