It’s hard to believe they still have sub-editors on the Times newsdesk when a subhead like the one below goes up on the newspaper’s website. Hopefully, they will catch it before it gets into print.
To describe Schoenberg as classical is absurd enough. But a songwriter?
As for the story itself, we reported it three days ago on slippedisc.com.
The post The Times headlines Arnold Schoenberg as a ‘classical songwriter’ appeared first on Slippedisc.
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The death of composer Alexander Goehr last August reminded obituarists of the vital contributions his refugee father Walter Goehr had made to insular British culture. Walter worked as […]
Good to see more Respighi to add to Classical Explorer‘s collection: we already have La Bella dormente, we recently covered the first video incarnaion of the opera (or is it an oratorio?) Maria Egiziaca, and […]
Schott UK have announced the death early this morning of the influential composer Alexander Goehr. Sandy was 92. A Hitler refugee, born in Berlin to the Schoenberg-trained conductor Walter Goehr, he studied in 1950s Manchester […]
,%20Hilary%20Cronin%20(Melissa)%20and%20Rowan%20Pierce%20(Oriana)%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs's playful 'Love Island' setting for Handel's Amadigi in Buxton")
