Since I will have the opportunity to introduce Greek and Roman philosophy in my courses, I've been giving some thought to the books that...

Iván Fischer I just stepped in from my first Mostly Mozart concert of the season. I do not know who programmed the Ave Verum Corpus ,...

Directed by Joe Johnston. 2011. Contains Spoilers! Captain America sort of works. I think. Maybe. I don't know. I find it frustratin...

"In order to write true church music, look to the plainchants of the monks." Ludwig van Beethoven [1] The problem is clear. Any...

The Remorse of Orestes , by  William-Adolphe Bouguereau Euripides' Orestes ( Ορέστης ) was produced in 408BC, 50 years after Aeschy...

The shade of Bach over Beethoven's gentle fughetta infuses a pathos to the sublime andante dance through time. (Compare to the simila...

In Part I of our series on presidential rhetoric we look at President Obama's Inaugural Address . Today we will look at John Adams'...

Gould wrote this fugue as the finale to, "The Anatomy of the Fugue," a television program he also wrote and directed. Airing in t...

The common, perhaps predominant, concept of the artist is someone who expresses himself in his art, both as virtuoso and an individual with...

In light of our recent discussion of political moderation in our look at Harry Clor's book On Moderation , it seemed prudent to try to a...