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“It might not be commercial, but it’s important that the art be preserved”: The attitude that built Decca’s offshoot Deram into one of the labels that pioneered prog

Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others

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‘Hip-hop is the new avant garde’: John Cale on Lou Reed, anger and continual reinvention

He made rock history with the Velvet Underground and produced landmark albums for the likes of Patti Smith. At 82, his 18th solo outing proves he’s still at the bleeding edge

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"His piano playing and composition style has influenced both my development as a musician and, more significantly, music as a whole": A pro keyboardist gives you 5 ways to play like Bruce Hornsby

"Many years ago, I met Bruce as a wide-eyed 13 year-old," says Jeff Babko. "When his first record was released and exploded on the radio airwaves, I felt as if I’d brushed up against Superman"

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Ten moments of maverick musical genius from Keith Emerson

Emerson, Lake and Palmer legend, composer and synthesiser pioneer Keith Emerson fused the power of rock music with the beauty of classical

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“He never set out to please or comfort, so we often end up with his brilliant musical mind at its best… For that, we can forgive the physical abuse of a few Hammond L-100s”: King Crimson, Marillion, Tangent members and more pay tribute to Keith Emerson

15 more examples of his best work, as described by Jakko Jakszyk, Mark Kelly, Andy Tillison, Jem Godfrey, Arjen Lucassen and musicians who worked with the late keyboard genius

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Who was Leonard Bernstein, the man at the centre of Bradley Cooper's Maestro?

“Maestro” is a word that resonates across concert music. From the Italian word for master, it is applied most frequently to a respected and established conductor of operas and orchestras but can also be used to refer to virtuoso instrumentalists.

The Conversation

Philharmonia/Bancroft review – fearless and fiery Copland is a dark heart of US programme

Part of the London-based orchestra’s season of American music, the programme featured Copland, Caroline Shaw and Samuel Barber’s violin concerto, brilliantly played by Renaud Capuçon

The Guardian - UK

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Peter Dickinson obituary

Composer, academic and broadcaster who focused on American experimental music and pioneered the teaching of jazz in Britain

The Guardian - UK

LexPhil Rebroadcast of "Limitless" on WEKU and WEKU Classical

LexPhil concert Limitless from October 22, 2022

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Ned Rorem obituary

American composer with a genius for dramatic characterisation who won the Pulitzer prize in 1976

The Guardian - UK

Music inspires powerful emotions on screen, just like in real life

There are some classic films in which music is so integral to a scene, it would be hard to imagine the scene without it.

The Conversation

Pandemic-delayed memorial planned for Jan Bach, prolific composer who taught at NIU

He studied under Aaron Copland, played French horn in an Army band at JFK’s funeral and had a four-decade teaching career even as he continued to write music.

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