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French soprano
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- opera singer, physicist
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2018-11-03 19:02:00
Farewell Wolfgang
My photos shows Wolfgang Zuckermann who has died at the age of 96. During the second half of the twentieth century the harpsichord made the remarkable transition from almost extinct historical curiosity to concert hall staple; not just for early music, but also for new music from composers including John Cage, Elliott Carter and Maurice Ohana. Wolfgang Zuckermann's $150 harpsichord kits, which were launched in 1959, were a major factor in the rehabilitation of the harpsichord, and Zuckermann supplied instruments to John Cage and many other musicians from his workshop in Greenwich Village, New York. The legendary 'Model T' harpsichord kit is Wolfgang Zuckermann's best known contribution to music history. But he had been making high quality finished instruments for a decade before entering the self-assembly market and his manufacturing business continues today under different ownership. In 1969 he published his influential book The Modern Harpsichord. This advocated a return […]
2015-01-19 00:33:40
— Montage: works of Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Randy Newman; Gloria Cheng, piano (Harmonia Mundi) — Distance: works of Hindemith, Vasks, Carter, Bach, Krenek, Schumann; James Austin Smith, oboe, with Luís Magalhães, piano, and Bridget Kibbey, harp (TwoPianists) — Saariaho, Quatre Instants, Terra Memoria, Émilie Suite; Karen Vourc'h, soprano, with Marko Letonja conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (Ondine) — Stockhausen, Complete Early Percussion Works; Steven Schick, James Avery, red fish blue fish (Mode DVD) — Simon Steen-Andersen, Black Box Music and Run Time Error; Håkan Stene conducting the Oslo Sinfonietta (Dacapo DVD) — Harold Shapero, Piano Music; Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch (Toccata) — John Luther Adams, The Wind in High Places, Canticles of the Sky, Dream of the Canyon Wren; JACK Quartet, Northwestern University Cello Ensemble (Cold Blue) — Nielsen, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3; […]
2015-01-15 23:00:09
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