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Why Was This Treasure of Musical Theater All but Lost to the Ages?

Three Black book musicals were Broadway hits in the 1970s: “Purlie” in 1970, “The Wiz” in 1975 and “Raisin” in…

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A Serene Oasis for Making Music

This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity. The first things you…

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Universal Music Artists Will Return to TikTok

The two companies reached a new licensing deal, ending a three-month stalemate that kept some of pop’s biggest stars off…

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These Legs Were Made for Fashion

Vanessa Williams’s many ensembles in a music video for her new song, “Legs (Keep Dancing),” evoke her knack for portraying…

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2 Players Sue Philharmonic, Saying They Were Wrongfully Suspended

Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine…

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Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86

A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock’s first…

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India’s Master of Nostalgia Takes His Sweeping Vision to Netflix

In the small Bombay theater that showed big films, his father brought him — over and over again — to…

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The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today

Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and…

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A Student Orchestra Shouts ‘Mambo!’ and Meets Its Idol

Our photographer followed 95 young musicians for six days as they prepared to perform with Gustavo Dudamel, the next music…

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Homelessness Is Especially Hard on Children. Making Music Helps.

“We’re going to be making a beat,” Dannyele Crawford said as the kids settled noisily into their seats at a…

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