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*Fustero Tuners (Spain) For decades they have been used by José Ramírez, Miguel Rodríguez, Ignacio Fleta, Manuel Contreras, Felix Manzanero, Antonio Marín Montero, Manuel Reyes, Arcangel Fernández, Marcelino Barbero, and many others.
The Case for Conservatism (vs. Libertarianism)
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Anyone who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last weekend knows that, although Republicans won big in November, the conservative movement is still facing an identity crisis. There are many facets to this, but one way of looking at it is to say that libertarian ideas are encroaching on conservatism.
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Cutting "Public Radio" would do wonders for public radio
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A long time ago, there was this wondrous thing called "college radio." Some stations played classical music, some played experimental jazz. Some played alternative rock back when alternative rock was actually an alternative. Today, across the left end of the F.M. dial, there's nothing but the incessant droning of pretentiously accented liberals who pronounce Michele, "Mishay" and compete for who can pronounce third-world place-names in the most unique way. (Why is Nicaragua, "Neek-ah-rrrrragooah," but Quebec is "Kwebeck"? And excuse me, but English-speakers built the city of Los Angeles, so it's pronounced, "Lawss Anjilis," not "Loehss Onhileess" until Mexico formally announces...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
A Maestro for the Masses (Andre Rieu)
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A conga line formed at a classical music concert last Saturday. In a sold-out Vienna arena that will host Lady Gaga later this year, audience members danced in the aisles, waved flags from around the world, and pressed against the stage with flowers and wine—all for the Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu, who held sway with a wagging violin bow and permanent smile for more than two hours, through seven encores and a deluge of balloons. Wearing a dark blue tuxedo and gold watch chain, his hair swept back to his shoulders, the 60-year-old grandfather/sex symbol led his 55-piece...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Weaponizing Mozart: How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control
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In recent years Britain has become the "Willy Wonka" of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace. But our weaponization of classical music - where Mozart, Beethoven, and other greats have been turned into tools of state repression - marks a new low. We're already the kings of CCTV. An estimated 20 per cent of the world's CCTV cameras are in the UK, a remarkable achievement for an island that occupies only 0.2 per cent of the world's inhabitable landmass. A few years ago some local authorities introduced the Mosquito, a gadget that...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Sacred Classics for Christmas and All Year Long (thanks to a miracle!)
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Every Christmas season, which in our home begins around the second week of November, I am on a mission. My goal: find one new CD and one new Christmas movie to add to our growing collection. The movie gets rotated in with about a dozen or so other favorites while the CD takes front and center stage. Whatever this CD is, it is played so constantly throughout the next 6 weeks that it must, by nature of its place in our routine, be extraordinary. I don’t give this spot to just any artist; but, rather, I spend time searching...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
’GBH takeover of ’CRB alters more than letters
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Classical station has new business model: support of donors Boston is following a trend in radio that’s taking place in other cities across the nation: Its only 24-hour classical music station now depends on listeners - not advertisers - to keep it afloat. Last week’s Federal Communications Commission approval of WGBH’s $14 million purchase of WCRB-FM (99.5) means the classical musical station is now a public broadcaster, with a business model that draws revenue from donations and corporate sponsorship instead of relying on advertising. Because classical music fans tend to be older, and advertisers typically want to court a younger...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Strep Throat May Have Led to Mozart's Death
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MONDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- It's one of the enduring mysteries of classical music: What -- or who -- killed Mozart at the age of 35 when he was at the height of his creative powers? Now, there's a new theory: He died of complications of strep throat. The latest hypothesis lacks the inherent drama of murder by a rival or suicide, which have both been suggested as causes of Mozart's death. But Andrew Steptoe, co-author of a historical diagnosis published Aug. 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, said an infection makes the most sense, considering medical records...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Joseph Haydn and the German Nation
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Joseph Haydn was born on March 31st, 1732 in the village of Rohrau in Lower Austria, a province of the Habsburg empire. This was arguably the most multinational, multicultural, multilingual and generally diverse great power that Europe had ever seen. Its then ruler, Charles VI, held sway over a great conglomeration of territories stretching from Ostend to Belgrade and from Prague to Palermo. It included all or part of the following present-day countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. As Sir Harold Temperley observed, the Habsburg monarchy was not...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Music for Easter from the Vatican (All Free; in MP3 format)
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Here are some links to go to if you would like to download some wonderful music for Easter: Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music - The Musical Offering in MP3The download links at the page above look like this: Introitus: Resurrexi (Graduale Romanum)Hover your mouse cursor over the underlined / italicized text and right-click, then select 'save target as' from the right-click menu and choose your preferred download location. Hymns for the Celebrations of the Liturgical Year, Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine ChapelThe download links at this page are different, they look like this: IO SONO RISORTO For these...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
Free Music For Christmas From The Vatican (MP3's from the Holy See)
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Here are two links at the Vatican's website that you can go to for downloading free music for Christmas as well as other occasions. Hymns for the Celebrations of the Liturgical Year, Pontifical Musical Chorus of the Sistine ChapelOn this page, the links to the MP3 files look like this It will probably be easiest to hover your mouse cursor over the note picture, right-click your mouse and select "save target as" to define where you want the file saved.When the file is finished downloading it will be available to be played on your computer's MP3 player. ...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 11:46:33 AM
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