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By all accounts, Franz Liszt was an amazing showman. It's no wonder we read stories of women fawning over him, following him down the street, and picking…

The great Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia has died. According to CNN, he apparently died of a heart attack while on vacation with his family. He…

Some years ago, I had the privilege of seeing the beautifully restored Jean Cocteau film La Belle et la Bete. Â Originally released in 1946, the black and…

As excitement in Central Ohio grows at the prospect of a playoff berth for the Columbus Blue Jackets, excitement also grows in Vancouver in anticipation…

For many years, women musicians were conspicuously absent from most major orchestras. Â The Vienna Philharmonic did not admit a female member until the…

RCA Magic Key broadcasts were heard over the RCA Blue Network from 1935 to 1939. The program originated from what is now the Ed Sullivan Theater in New…

Years ago the great pundit Gore Vidal was asked by Johnny Carson, "What would you give Nancy Reagan for her birthday? "I would give Nancy Reagan…

Tenor Rolando Villazón experienced the equivalent of a fiery crash at the Indianapolis 500 when, about six years ago, he was onstage at the Metropolitan…

You might remember a short time ago that a violin purportedly owned by Wallace Hartley, bandmaster on the ill-fated ship, had been located. Â You might…

If some of Mozart's bawdiest letters were to his cousin, Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, some of his silliest were to his sister, Maria Anna Mozart, called…