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Bach fan thrills to discovery of lost 1724 pages
For 25 years, Teri Noel Towe has deeply treasured a slim volume bound in red morocco that he acquired at an auction house, a volume containing six handwritten pages of a musical manuscript. "Just pick it up," says Towe, a trust and estate lawyer in New...Tags: Music Industry, Google Inc., Mike Lawrence, Auction Service, Sebastian Bach
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On July 28, 1540, King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was beheaded in England on charges of treason; on the same day, Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. In 1750 German composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany....Tags: Cycling, Multi-Sport Events, Daniel Inouye, National Government, Music Industry
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Orlando Ballet sets next season's program
Sentinel Dance CriticThe Orlando Ballet will bookend its 2008-09 season with two romantic story-ballets, Don Quixote and Romeo and Juliet. In between, artistic director Bruce Marks announced, the company will present an all-Balanchine program featuring three of the...Tags: Georges Bizet, George Balanchine, Dance, Dancing, Classical Music
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Worshiping At Altar Of Bach's Music
Courant Staff WriterThere was a time, long ago, when the creation and performance of art was synonymous with worship. Pere Portabella seems to yearn for that time, and so he created "The Silence Before Bach." The free-form contemplation about music is all over the place,...Tags: Felix Mendelssohn, Real Art Ways, Classical Music
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Contest gives young composers chance to be musical stars
What do you see when you gaze up at the starry sky on a clear night? Joseph Colombo saw music. Creativity can strike at the most unexpected moments. Colombo, an 18-year-old Winter Springs student at The Boston Conservatory, remembers lying on a...Tags: University of Central Florida, Music Industry, Philip Glass, Jimi Hendrix, Sanford
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A Cat Called Cricket
Sun ReporterHometown: Baltimore Current members: Patricia Blanchard, cello, vocals; K.B. Blankson, bass, percussion and vocals; Alex Champagne, guitars, vocals and harmonica; Gena Smith, guitars, banjo and mandolin Founded in: 2005 Style: indie pop folk... -
Teen showsmasters touch
Special to The SunWHEN PATRICK MERRILL started taking piano lessons at the age of 7, he was playing simple notes and melodies. But it wasn't long before his parents noticed how naturally Patrick was mastering difficult classical piano pieces. His mother, Brenda Merrill,...Tags: Carnegie Hall, Festive Event, Classical Music, Teen-agers, People
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Snuff takes a holiday
Earth-shattering events often occur without anyone noticing their significance at the time. Few realized when the Spanish armada was lost at sea that Spain was on its way out as a world power. "Citizen Kane," which revolutionized motion pictures, was a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Diplomacy, Abusive Behavior, Jamie Lee Curtis, Parliament
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Movie review: 'Saraband'
Tribune movie critic4 stars (out of four) A saraband is the name of an erotic court dance and also of a movement in a classical suite-like the piercingly lovely cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach, a composer much admired by the great 87-year-old Swedish filmmaker...Tags: Liv Ullmann, Cinema Industry, Celebrity, Sony Corp., Ingmar Bergman
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Singing Thanks
Sun StaffMARLBORO, Vt. -- As violin and woodwind music swells behind her, Hyunah Yu, one of America's fastest-rising classical vocalists, sits in a simple chair at the front of the stage, small hands folded as if in prayer. It's the 35th New England Bach Festival,...Tags: Celine Dion, Teen-agers, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christianity, Academic Progress
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Dresden's spirit soars once more
Times Staff WriterYou can't get lost in Dresden. Wherever you go, you can see the stately white dome of the Frauenkirche, as much a landmark in this eastern German city as St. Peter's is in Rome. It isn't just that the church towers 300 feet above Dresden's lovely Baroque...Tags: Richard Wagner, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Disasters, Roman Catholic, Hotels and Accommodations
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 3
While Schwab was building up Bethlehem Steel, he was also engaging his workers' talents outside the plant. He gave the employees $25,000 to develop athletics among themselves, and the result was a championship soccer team. Between 1913 and 1930, the...Tags: Lehigh University, Babe Ruth, Employees, Stocks, Employers
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