Centuries before recorded music, sheet music and streaming services, there were "little squiggles" on pieces of parchment to guide a singer or choir. Known as medieval neumes, the squiggles ...

Dessner took inspiration for his first Violin Concerto from Anne Carson’s The Anthropology of Water, an essay that considers the rite of pilgrimage throughout history and mythology. The idea of ...

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