“Past statements about composers being ‘useless’ unless they recognize the need for this new musical language have contributed to a view of Mr. Boulez as imperious and dogmatic,” but these days he pours “his energy into bridging the distance between audience and composer and transmitting his passion for new music.”
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When Arthur Miller Roamed The Waterfront
“In many ways, [‘A View from the Bridge’] is Miller’s best-observed work. Not only is the atmosphere based on his own dockside wanderings, but the play’s scandalous crux–will Eddie, driven by his attraction to his own niece, do something disastrous?–turns out to be based on a true tale.”
Heirs Seek Return Of Vermeer Bought By Hitler
“‘The Art of Painting’ is the most valuable painting in Vienna’s public collections and the only work by Johannes Vermeer in Austria. … The heirs say Jaromir Czernin, who spent 15 years in lawsuits to get it back after World War II and lost, had no choice but to sell it as his family was under threat.”
Merce Cunningham Co. Announces Final Tour
The company’s last tour before disbanding will begin Feb. 12 in Columbus, Ohio, and cover 35 cities in North America and Europe before ending in a New Year’s Eve 2011 performance at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. As Cunningham wished, tickets for the final New York performances will be $10.