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The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Good Bones: Glorious Relics from the Age of Reading, by Brooke Allen (Tivoli Books): The…
Mark the music
Like other aspects of Western civilization, classical music is under attack. In an academic paper…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Ancient Etruscan monster gets new state-of-the-art home in Florence…
“A feast of reason,” by Warren Frye
“I see that I shall receive in my turn a perfect and splendid feast of reason. And now, Timaeus,…
Dealer’s choice
Collecting Old Masters might seem a pipe dream for all but the wealthiest members of society. This…
“The road to the Appian Way,” by Jay Nordlinger
Last Saturday night, the New York Philharmonic played a concert splashed with color. It began with a…
“The road to the Appian Way,” by Jay Nordlinger
Last Saturday night, the New York Philharmonic played a concert splashed with color. It began with a…
The Critic’s Notebook
Fiction: Portrait of Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1870). “Paper…
“Parsifal” by the wayside
“So slow,” remarked an audience member as he exited the hall after Act I of Matthew Ozawa’s fanciful…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Italy: In the Footsteps of the Great Artists, by Nick Trend (Thames & Hudson): …
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