Ludwig van Beethoven was born in December, and while the exact date of his birth is not known, that has not kept the world from celebrating his life and work for the …
Read More >By Dr. Joanne Cormac, guest-editor of 19th-Century Music‘s new special issue “Music and Biography.” On the day the great piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt was born it was reported that gypsies …
Read More >This post is part of our AMS 2020 conference blog series. Check out our virtual exhibit page for more. As a conductor of Beethoven’s music, what draws you to this composer’s life and works? …
Read More >We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Robert D. Richardson Jr. at age 86. Obituaries and announcements have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the …
Read More >Excerpted from American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford by Roland De Wolk The origins of the Stanford campus and the Silicon Valley it has incubated, borne, and sustained could not …
Read More >Author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-praised official biography of her late …
Read More >Congratulations to Maxine Gordon, whose acclaimed biography of her late husband Dexter Gordon, has won BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the 24th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. “The JJA presents …
Read More >This Spring author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-acclaimed official biography of her late …
Read More >In partnership with FlakPhoto, we are giving away 5 copies of Tyler Green’s fascinating biography on Carleton Watkins, the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of …
Read More >“Dexter Gordon’s deep tone, relaxed delivery—even the frequent witty musical quotations—seemed like extensions of his gravely playful speaking voice. That voice carries over on the page too. You can hear it when …
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