A host of popular styles is packed into Samuel Barber's Excursions," Op. 20, which tests a player's technical and expressive resources. Myer didn't sweat a bit bringing suavity to the collection, and ...

How musician Robert Hales and a witty song helped Robert Cecil, Elizabeth I's counsellor, win back the Queen's favour. Documents show us that Cecil supported many musicians, paid for a full-time ...

David Tudor’s installation “Rainforest V (variation 1)” is coming alive through performances by the artists who helped make it. By Alastair Macaulay Since the Museum of Modern Art reopened this month, ...

In August 1952, when John Cage premiered his landmark composition 4’33”, the guy who sat at the piano occasionally turning a page but never hitting any keys was David Tudor. An avant-garde pianist and ...

The purpose of a loudspeaker is to be loud and clear. Perfect drivers and cabinets should have no effect on the audio other than to amplify it. Such was the promise of high fidelity in the middle of ...