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The night a teenager met the girl of his dreams 50 years ago, the stars were bright above
Clarinetist Artie Shaw’s recordings recall the nostalgic power of the big-band sound
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From opera halls to neighborhood movie theaters, Philip Glass attracts an enormous audience many of whom have never listened to classical music
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Homely country togs defined a beloved Grand Ole Opry stalwart
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The giant of the musical instrument collection makes tunes rootin ‘tootin’ or romantic
One hundred years after the maestro’s death, the Italian composer reigns, very operatically, in the hearts of music lovers everywhere
Left-handed, she taught herself to play, wrote the folk classic “Freight Train” and sang into her 90s
And the shag, a stylish Southern dance, was born and reborn along the Carolina coast
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A Swoopy, Funky Fun House of Rock
Seattle’s new Experience Music Project is a $100 million, technology-enhanced repository of American pop music where anyone can be a rock star
The Boys Choir of Harlem Sings a Song of Hope
Hard work, discipline and tough love help inner-city choristers achieve lofty goals
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Concerto for Pencilina and Sewer Flute
Wacky instruments often resemble bad plumbing, but all are welcome in the eclectic light orchestra of experimental music
When This Jazz Band Plays, It’s Not Just Music—it’s History
The musicians who make up the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra specialize in re-creating classic performances from the past
We Eat, Breathe and Dream Music. We’re a Bunch of Nerds Here’
Make that an international bunch of nerds. The Berklee College of Music, aka “the MIT of pop,” is respected all over the world
How to Take on an Ailing Company—and Make It Hum
When three biz-school-trained entrepreneurs rescued Nashville’s Gibson Guitar Corp., they created jobs and saved a musical tradition
The Aria Never Ends in the Opera That’s Casa Verdi
Retired singers, musicians and conductors find a home in Milan, Italy, where a zest for music works like a fountain of youth
Now Playing in Academe: the King of Rock’n’Roll
At the University of Mississippi, the first annual International Conference on Elvis Presley brought together fans and scholars
Harmonicas Are…hooty, Wheezy, Twangy and Tooty
They’re from the Old Country, but there’s nothing better for American music, from blues to honky-tonk and the fans are blown away
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