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Richard Taruskin
Taste, Bad Taste, and Franz Liszt
I My title may appear provocative, but I doubt whether anyone is likely to disagree that of all the great composers Liszt is the one most frequently accused of bad taste, and also that the accusation has never threatened his status among the great. Indeed, as Charles Rosen once suggested, the accusation in some sense…
From Volume 3 - Number 1
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Marissa Grunes
Blurred World
It has been here as long as I have I think, settling in the sand. The current drags through like a wind, carrying small reef-building creatures to this outpost. When I was a child it looked different. It was a room then, the brass knobs spit-shined and the drawers filled with carefully folded clothes;…
From Volume 3 - Number 1
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Leon Wieseltier
The Future of Nature
Being implies obligation. …
From Volume 3 - Number 1
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