“Spain returned 691 artefacts, spanning nearly 3,000 years of history, to Colombia on Tuesday. The pieces were recovered by Spanish police during a drug trafficking and money laundering investigation in 2003. Since then, the works have been kept for conservation in Madrid’s Museum of the Americas, where 885 recovered pieces were studied.”
Tag: 06.26.14
Why Are Orchestra Salaries So Much Lower In Britain Than In America?
“The average pay of a sample of US orchestras in 2013 and 2014 makes jaw-dropping reading for anyone in a British orchestra.” Tom Service argues that the problem is not that U.S. musicians are overpaid.
Is This The Strangest Job In Retail? Staff Organist
For 25 years, Peter Richard Conte has playued two 45-minute recitals a day on the Grand Court Organ (said to be the largest musical instrument on Earth) in the old John Wanamaker department store, now a Macy’s, in center city Philadelphia.
‘Anti-Amazon Law’ Unanimously Passed By French Parliament
The legislation – actually nicknamed the “Anti-Amazon Law” by the French media and lawmakers, and intended to protect the country’s many independent bookstores – forbids any bookseller from offering free shipping along with a 5% discount, already the maximum allowable in France.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.26.14
Boston MFA Gives Up Eight Nigerian Antiquities.
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-27
Music in the Age of Streaming
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-06-26
NEA 2015 Jazz Masters – who stretched “jazz”
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz | Published 2014-06-26
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Julius Rudel, 93
“Mr. Rudel was the maestro and the impresario, the principal conductor and the director of City Opera for 22 years (1957-79), working in the orchestra pit while running the company on shoestring budgets, signing contracts, casting productions and nurturing young singers like José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes and Beverly Sills.”
Milestone: For The First Time, More UK Residents Get Their News Online Than From Print Newspapers
“The number of people using websites and apps to find out about the news has overtaken the number reading printed newspapers for the same purpose in the UK, according to the country’s media watchdog.”
Rare Strad Viola Fails To Find A Buyer At Auction
Whatever the reason, the “Macdonald” viola — a rare Stradivari viola once owned and played by Peter Schidlof of the Amadeus Quartet — failed to attract a buyer when a sealed-bid sale came to an end on Wednesday and no one had offered to pay the record $45 million asking price.
Are The Distinctions Between Classical And Pop Music Becoming Meaningless?
Music, like much else, has become globalised, drawing from different times and places. As Bryce Dessner puts it, “You can’t really say, that’s a guy from a rock band who writes classical music. You should say the opposite: Jonny Greenwood was a classical violist who became a guitarist with Radiohead.”
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Aereo Is Illegal
“In a case with far-reaching implications for the entertainment and technology business, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a television streaming service, had violated copyright laws by capturing broadcast signals on miniature antennas and delivering them to subscribers for a fee.”