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Library of Congress to unveil National Recording Preservation Plan
A broad-scale plan to preserve the nation's cultural heritage captured on sound recordings and to make more than a century's worth of recorded materials more widely available for educational purposes is being unveiled Wednesday at the Library of...
Tags: Politics, Radio, Libraries, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett dies at 76; composer had 3 Oscar nods
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a prolific British composer, arranger and pianist whose film scores were nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City. He was 76. Bennett died Dec. 24 after a brief illness, his publisher Novello & Co...Tags: Paul McCartney, Charles, Prince of Wales, Irving Berlin, Entertainment, Movies
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2013 Grammy Award nominees
Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...Tags: Old Crow Medicine Show (music group), Paul McCartney, Dom (music group), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Fine Artists
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Elliott Carter dies at 103; inventive American composer
Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York,...
Tags: Queens (New York City), France, Music Industry, James Joyce, Allergies
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Review: 'Nice Work if You Can Get It' makes Roaring '20s whimper
NEW YORK — Anyone out there heard of George and Ira Gershwin? Well, apparently, the brothers — long dead, if I'm not mistaken — have a "new" musical comedy, which opened Tuesday at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. The show, which stars...
Tags: Music Theater, Kirk Douglas, Estelle Parsons, Ira Gershwin, Entertainment
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Pacific Symphony season to star Lang Lang and honor Ellington
Culture MonsterPianists Lang Lang and Andre Watts and cellist Alisa Weilerstein are key soloists for the Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 season. The annual American Composers Festival will focus on the music of Duke Ellington.... -
Tim Tebow visits 'Wicked' on Broadway
Culture MonsterTim Tebow, the former Denver Broncos quarterback who was recently traded to the New York Jets, paid a visit to Broadway this weekend, attending a performance of the hit musical "Wicked" at the George Gershwin Theatre.... -
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'Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams' finds good company in Bob Dylan
Singer and songwriter Holly Williams, the granddaughter of country music giant Hank Williams, knew something big was up when Bob Dylan approached her at a gig several years ago and handed her a handful of song lyrics he wanted her to peruse.
"He didn't...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Lucinda Williams, Vince Gill, Religious Texts, Hank Williams, Jr.
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The Arts on TV New Year's Eve: Bernstein and Gershwin; Cold Play
Culture MonsterThe Arts on TV New Year's Eve: Bernstein and Gershwin; Cold Play... -
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'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections
24 Frameshe 1994 Oscar-winning best film, “Forrest Gump,” Walt Disney’s 1942 classic animated family film, “Bambi,” Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length comedy “The Kid” and a 1912 silent comedy “A Cure for...
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