An Open Letter to Jeremy Denk NOTE: See the posts of June 20 and June 24, 2014. by Kristi Brown-Montesano First, an olive branch of congratulations on the successful premiere of your opera, particularly because it is a comedy. Most new operatic works lean heavily towards… Read More
NOTE: The librettist of The Classical Style—an Opera of Sorts here responds to Kristi Brown-Montesano’s post just below, adding “I felt it was necessary to respond, even if only to allay the sense that I was attacking musicology as a discipline—seeing as I count a good number of musicologists as… Read More
by Kristi Brown-Montesano One year, during the opening Dean’s Welcome at the conservatory where I teach, the head of the violin studio addressed the students, faculty, and staff, extolling the school’s focus on performance training. Pointing offstage, he announced dramatically, “So, if you want to be a musicologist, there’s the… Read More
by Walter Frisch Charles Rosen, a distinguished pianist and influential and prolific writer on classical music for over four decades, died in New York City on 9 December 2012, at the age of 85. He taught at SUNY Stony Brook… Read More