Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was among the leading figures in 20th-century American music and is perhaps best known for his Adagio for Strings, which has become one of the most recognized pieces in conte...
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Rose Bampton, a soprano who performed 18 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and established herself as a premier voice in American opera, has died. She was 99.Bampton died Tuesday in the Philadelphi...
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Jay Greenberg, the kid composer who got a big-time recording contract in the summer of 2006, has scored again: His violin concerto had its world premiere at Carnegie Hall with Joshua Bell as solois...
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Has classical music become hip? From the looks of this fall, some of the city’s most traditional venues will be competing with clubs for the downtown crow. Check out The Berlin in ...
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Part pooh-bah, part pontiff, for some 50 years Leo Lerman ruled Manhattan’s cultural roost from a host of journalistic redoubts, including Mademoiselle, Vogue and Vanity Fair, ending his care...
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Samuel Barber
Opera singer Rose Bampton dies at 99
