What Is a Song?
Is it simply the music flowing out of your earphones? According to the law, the answer is a bit more complicated.
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CreditRob Verhorst/Redferns, via Getty Images 2 Players Sue Philharmonic, Saying They Were Wrongfully Suspended
Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against them.
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CreditStephen Lovekin/Getty Images, Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images Jessica Pratt’s Timeless Folk Music Is Evolving. Slowly.
The singer and songwriter has a delicate, vintage aesthetic that matches her cautious approach to her work. Her fourth album, “Here in the Pitch,” is out Friday.
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Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary
Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard repertory works.
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More in Classical Music ›Kelli O’Hara’s Ties to Opera, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Met Stage
O’Hara is an unusual kind of triple threat: a star of Broadway and television who is appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in a revival of “The Hours.”
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Kim Noltemy, Orchestra Veteran, Is Tapped to Lead L.A. Philharmonic
Noltemy, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s chief executive, will take the helm of the Philharmonic as it searches for its next music director.
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CreditSylvia Elzafon /Dallas Symphony Orchestra The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today
Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and the Armenian genocide.
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CreditAmy Lombard for The New York Times Review: A Fierce Soprano Arrives at the Met in ‘Madama Butterfly’
Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic role.
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Credit Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera Review: Gustavo Dudamel Saves the Day at the Philharmonic
Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic’s incoming music and artistic director, stepped in after a guest conductor fell ill.
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Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin’s Range, Dies at 89
A bluegrass innovator, he recorded numerous albums as a leader, and his list of collaborators included both Leonard Bernstein and Jerry Garcia.
By Bill Friskics-Warren
Palestinian Flags Fly at Protests Worldwide. They Won’t Be at Eurovision.
The organizers of the glitzy singing contest said that attendees would be allowed to wave only the flags of participating nations — including Israel’s.
By Alex Marshall
Universal Music Artists Will Return to TikTok
The two companies reached a new licensing deal, ending a three-month stalemate that kept some of pop’s biggest stars off the platform.
By Ben Sisario
‘Catching Fire’ Review: How the Stones’ Muse Rolled
Subtitled “The Story of Anita Pallenberg,” this documentary gives the life of the actress and model a thorough downer of a treatment.
By Ben Kenigsberg
These Legs Were Made for Fashion
Vanessa Williams’s many ensembles in a music video for her new song, “Legs (Keep Dancing),” evoke her knack for portraying a diva with style.
By Melissa Guerrero
Richard Tandy, Keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra, Dies at 76
He helped shape the band’s futuristic sound, which blended Beatles-esque pop with orchestral arrangements.
By Yan Zhuang
Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86
A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock’s first guitar god.
By Bill Friskics-Warren
Popcast (Deluxe): Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan + Editing Taylor Swift
Picking the best songs from “The Tortured Poets Department” one week later. Plus: the rise of a pair of pop’s middle-class stars.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass
Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz.
By Marcus J. Moore
A Brief Tour of Pop Music’s Caffeine Addiction
Hear songs by Sabrina Carpenter, Squeeze, SZA and more.
By Lindsay Zoladz
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