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Steven Szalaj's List: Essay
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"As musicians, we believe deeply in the importance of what we do, and the power of music to heal. We know that you do also, as a fan of classical music, so the following may be of interest to you. It is a welcome address given to entering freshmen at the Boston Conservatory, given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of the music division:"
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"As musicians, we believe deeply in the importance of what we do, and the power of music to heal. We know that you do also, as a fan of classical music, so the following may be of interest to you. It is a welcome address given to entering freshmen at the Boston Conservatory, given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of the music division:"
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Feb 14, 09
Newspapers and their organizations play a vital role still in our society
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Reporting the news in far-flung countries, spending weeks on investigations of uncertain payoff, fighting for freedom of information in court — is expensive. Virtually the only entities still doing it on the necessary scale are newspapers.
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Reporting the news in far-flung countries, spending weeks on investigations of uncertain payoff, fighting for freedom of information in court — is expensive. Virtually the only entities still doing it on the necessary scale are newspapers.
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Feb 14, 09
PETER STEINFELS comments on writings by Ronald Aronson and André Comte-Sponville
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Feb 14, 09
How to gift someone special....
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"Giving the right gift means thinking less about what thing you want to buy, and more about who the two of you are together."
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"Giving the right gift means thinking less about what thing you want to buy, and more about who the two of you are together."
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Feb 10, 09
Chris Jones (Trib Theater Critic) comments on arts funding.
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"the argument that the labor-intensive arts are not job-creation engines is patently absurd; they just fuel different kinds of struggling workers, workers unaccustomed to bonuses. Their role in generating billions of dollars in ancillary economic activity for stores, restaurants and the travel business has been proven in bucketloads of surveys and analyses."
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"the argument that the labor-intensive arts are not job-creation engines is patently absurd; they just fuel different kinds of struggling workers, workers unaccustomed to bonuses. Their role in generating billions of dollars in ancillary economic activity for stores, restaurants and the travel business has been proven in bucketloads of surveys and analyses."
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Jan 11, 09
Bono reflects on what he learned from Sinatra; also an audio file with Bono reading the essay
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"Fully inhabiting the moment during that tiny dot of time after you’ve pressed “record†is what makes it eternal. If, like Frank, you sing it like you’ll never sing it again. If, like Frank, you sing it like you never have before. If.
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"Fully inhabiting the moment during that tiny dot of time after you’ve pressed “record” is what makes it eternal. If, like Frank, you sing it like you’ll never sing it again. If, like Frank, you sing it like you never have before. If.
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Apr 23, 08
Joshua Bell becomes a subway musician in Washington D.C.
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Mar 11, 08
Playing in an amateur organization - for the love of it!
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Feb 17, 08
Humorous piece about the political divide across the dinner table.
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Dec 31, 07
Essay on the need to learn to listed for a longer time to classical music
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Dec 01, 07
Parker's commentary on today's narcissistic decisions about having families
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Nov 04, 07
Essay on the relation between audience and composer.
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