“Education secretary Michael Gove’s decision to declare music students ineligible for the new English baccalaureate certificate sends the message that music education is another luxury we can live without. As does cutting the £82.5m a year in funding specifically aimed at providing music education – not to mention the news that one in four councils have already issued redundancies for music teachers.”
Tag: 01.13.11
Artists Astonished By New EU Law Classifying Flavin, Viola Works As Light Fixtures
“The art world has reacted with astonishment to a European ruling which has determined that works by Bill Viola and Dan Flavin, when disassembled, should not be considered works of art for tax Âpurposes. Dealers warn that the decision will inhibit the European art trade.”
Hyperlinking Before The Internet Came Along
“As every student used to know, just choosing and copying passages from one’s own reading is an excellent way of mastering a subject. But in earlier times, when individual books were scarce and expensive, students and preachers, princes and philosophers often turned to digests and compendia – the equivalent of the Encyclopaedia Britannica or “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” – for much of their knowledge.”
Archives Tarnish Reputation Of Revered Berlin Museum Director
“Research presented in Berlin for the first time at the end of last year has tarnished the reputation of Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), the former director general of the Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, now called the Bode Museum.”
Detroit Symphony Musicians, Management Trade Barbs As Strike Drags On
“While Wednesday marked the first time management had publicly announced a $36-million financial package, the accusatory language exchanged between the two sides and the contingency wrinkle left questions about whether progress was being made. No contract talks are currently scheduled.”
The Irony Of Jeff Koons Copyrighting Anything (Does He Get It?)
“Jeff Koons, whose appropriations of popular culture since he was working at a toy shop in the 1980s have ranged from postcards to pornography, is said to be claiming copyright on all representations of balloon dogs.It’s funny, of course, at least if we believe those reports – the idea of an artist who so enthusiastically guzzles up images from the world around him asserting unique ownership of one of them.”
Fiction Dominated The Best-Selling Books Lists Of 2010
“Overall, novelists — from Jonathan Frazen to Nicholas Sparks– accounted for 77% of the weekly best sellers, up from 76% in 2009 and the highest percentage since the list began in 1993.”
Readers React To NYT Series About Meaning Of Criticism
The most significant thing about the feature on “Why Criticism Matters” is the title. The New York Times would never find it necessary to publish an article on why science, mathematics, medicine, music or art matters. The need to explain why criticism matters emphasizes as clearly as possible the fact that it doesn’t.
Juilliard Appoints Alan Gilbert To Head Conducting Program
“Juilliard said on Wednesday that it had appointed Alan Gilbert, who is in his second season as the Philharmonic’s music director, to the post of director of conducting and orchestral studies. It is the first time, Julliard officials say, that the same person will have both jobs.”
Catcher In The Rye Sequel Banned In US
“Swedish author Fredrik Colting reached a settlement with Salinger’s estate to end a lengthy copyright dispute over the book, Publishers Weekly said. As part of the deal, the book cannot be published in the US or Canada. But it can be sold in other countries.”