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The Offbeat Music of Peru

RAFAEL entered the hallway and sank into a chair. We’ve been recording for hours and I’ve never had a session like it, he said. Instead of just sitting down and playing the usual accompaniment, I spent the entire afternoon trying to teach the orchestra how to play mountain music. That shouldn’t be such a task, [...]

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The Music of Many Lands

IT HAS often been said that music is an international language. Proof of this is the folk music of the world. Enjoyment of it is not confined to the land of its origin. People can and often do enjoy hearing the music of lands other than their own. Getting acquainted with the music of other [...]

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Musical reviews: Satyagraha, M. K. Gandhi in South Africa

Satyagraha – M. K. Gandhi in South Africa An opera in three acts by Philip Glass performed by the English National Opera (ENO) at the London Coliseum, Summer 2007. Adapted from the text of the Bagavada Gita by Constance De Jong. Book by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong. After last season’s spectacular performance of [...]

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