Jacob’s early scholarship focused on the Nibelungenlied; Schmiesing argues that his fascination with the epic poem stemmed ...

“One of the many mysteries of art is how the Muse picks the most disparate people,” said the German British painter Frank ...

The Iowa poll is (or was) a highly respected operation whose results could not be easily dismissed. The poll has been a ...

In David Geffen Hall, Miah Persson came out to sing Strauss’s Four Last Songs. She is a veteran Swedish soprano. She knows ...

David Frum, an author and columnist for The Atlantic: “Above all, we must learn to live in an America where an overwhelming ...

Mozart is the great test of musicians—of violinists, pianists, singers, and conductors. Mozart is what separates the men from ...

Once, at a gallery show I was visiting, the artist pointed to a painting of two gun-toting soldiers and told me it was the one piece that hadn’t yet sold. “Nobody wants pictures of guns hanging up in ...

Jay begins with the song for which the podcast is named: “Music for a While,” by Purcell. He ends with some theme music by the late Quincy Jones, “The Streetbeater.” In between are Mendelssohn, Liszt, ...

George Loomis on “Macbeth” at the Parma Festival Verdi.