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Essays

 

Essays

Below are some of my recent essays on music. To read my other writings, ponderings, diatribes, on topics other than music (politics, culture…at times the occasional baseball essay), check out my Substack: https://robrankin.substack.com/


Unfinished Work

Oliver Knussen’s long awaited ‘Cleveland Pictures’

 

The Trump Mix-Tape

The Use of Classical Music At Trump's Impromptu Dance Party

 

Beethoven Contemplates Nature

Then and Now: Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony

 

Reminiscing With Bernstein

Listening back to a childhood idol

 

Deceptive Tunes

Mozart and the art of lying beautifully

 

To Kajia Saariaho

Hail and farewell

 

The Last Dance

The Life and Death of New York's Savoy Ballroom

 

Safe and Sound

The Metropolitan Opera's New Interest In Contemporary Music

 

GABRIEL KAHANE’S
THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

Leaving, and returning to, “The Feed”