by Barry Lenson | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Carlo Bergonzi, one of the greatest Italian tenors of the last 100 years, just died at age 90. There are a lot of obituaries for him all over the Internet today. If you want to know the story of his extraordinary life, I’d encourage you to read a few of them.On my...
by Barry Lenson | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Afternoon at Cape Cod” by my father Michael Lenson (1903-1971)Note the influence – not dominance- of cubism and abstractionI love artists who are a little behind the times. Perhaps that is because my father Michael Lenson was one of them. He was a...
by Barry Lenson | Jul 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
A few months ago my wife and I went to hear a lecture given by Prof. Carol J. Oja about her upcoming book, Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War. Because the lecture was sponsored by the New York Philharmonic, I expected one more evening of...
by Barry Lenson | Jun 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let me start today’s post with a quick disclaimer about my relationship with Classical Archives. I have subscribed to Classical Archives for about three years. I really like Classical Archives. I have written about it before on this blog. Also, I have been writing...
by Barry Lenson | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
I took a lot of liberties with music history when I was writing my new novel Distant Voices. All of the characters are fictional, but I created many of them by combining information about the lives of musical figures who actually lived.Just for fun, I have created a...
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