Critic takes a listen to New York Philharmonic’s new multi-disc salute to American music and, harkening back to debate from earlier this century, wonders if American music is worth it. There’s a “paucity of great music,” he finds. – National Review
AND: Washington Post‘s Jonathan Yardley responds to critic’s “misunderstanding of American music.” Washington Post 11/15/99
AND: New York Times review of series
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WHEN APES MAKE ART
Observing apes paint can tell us something about the human impulse to make art. Chronicle of Higher Education
WHAT POETRY TEACHES US about ourselves
Reflections on the national psyche and history by poet laureate Robert Pinsky. – The Atlantic