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Leafing through my dictionary of music the other day, a thought struck me. Between Antonio Lolli (18th century Italian violinist and composer) and I Lombardi (the first Verdi opera to make it to America) there should surely be an entry for “lollipop”.
From black-and-white blood-curdlers to sinister social satire, here’s the ultimate list for any dark and spooky night
The Sixth is the outlier among Beethoven’s symphonies, rural and rustic where the others are driven and dramatic. Richard Osborne makes a selection of the best versions from a rich recorded history
There are musical anniversaries aplenty associated with October 7. It was a Friday in 1932 when the London Philharmonic Orchestra first took to the stage. Hard to believe now that the musical public in the English capital was remarkably ill served back then.
McCallum, who died Sept. 25, played an off-beat medical examiner on NCIS, but got his start nearly 60 years earlier, playing a Russian agent on the The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Originally broadcast in '92.