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Thiele's career and contribution to jazz

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MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC

Mark Wigglesworth's The Silent Musician: Extracts

Extracts from The Silent Musician by Mark Wigglesworth

NIKOLAI GUMILYOV: THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED POETRYPOETRY

Nikolai Gumilyov: Romantic Flowers (1908)

Like a conquistador in iron armour,I have travelled the roads in good cheer,Sometimes resting in joy...

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Nikolai Gumilyov: Path of the Conquistadors 1905

I became a nomad so that I can touch everything that wanders!-André Gide I’m a conquistador in i...

Edvard Munch: A Year in the Life, 1902

This article focuses on the year 1902 in the life of artist Edvard Munch with a calendar and short sections on the main issues.

Larkin's Use of a Woolf Innovation

Woolf's innovation in two later novels was utilized by Larkin in A Girl in Winter.

MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC

Delius: Four Notes

Short entries on enchantment, change in personality, influences, and connections with Bartok