Elkin Music International

05/06/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opinion/daniel-barenboim-beethoven-ninth-symphony.html?smid=url-share

The conductor Daniel Barenboim explores the political and spiritual power of what many consider the greatest symphony.

07/04/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/arts/music/william-byrd-400-anniversary.html

As the music world celebrates the 400th anniversary of Byrd’s death, it looks back on an artist of nimble styles and stubborn beliefs.

02/01/2021

Happy Birthday to us! We opened for business 28 years ago today. Thanks for all your business over the years!

12/23/2020

The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival.

07/06/2020

A great loss to the music world. R.I.P., Ennio Morricone.

His vast output included atmospheric music for spaghetti westerns in his native Italy and scores for some 500 movies by a Who’s Who of directors.

07/01/2020

We asked Mark Hamill, Condoleezza Rice, Mitsuko Uchida and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices.

03/23/2020

If you need music, at this time we are still fully operational and able to fill all orders. We are following all CDC guidelines to assure the safety of staff and customers. As long as the USPS and UPS are still functioning normally, we strive to assure no disruption to service. We wish everyone continued good health!

11/24/2019

Do you memorize?

It was 1856 and Clara Schumann was newly widowed. She hadn’t seen her husband, Robert, for several years; his ragings, during his institutionalization, specifically made clear that he did not wish …

10/29/2019

12/11/2018

11/24/2018

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.

09/13/2018

Would you consider trading in your bow for a stethoscope?

Medicine and music: there are more connections than you might think.

09/13/2018

Happy Birthday, Arnold Schönberg!

Arnold Schoenberg's Diary in 1945 ... is correct. Happy Birthday!

08/21/2018

Sustained practice on a musical instrument beginning at an early age affects brain structure and function.

08/11/2018

Wow!

A South Indian musician, B.C. Manjunath, takes on a seemingly magical sequence of numbers for a dazzling, gasp-worthy performance. (Also: Math. Is. Awesome.)

07/05/2018

Happy Independence Day!

In 1939, Igor Stravinsky emigrated to the United States, first arriving in New York City, before settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard during the 1939-40 academic year.

06/22/2018

Happy Summer!

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Astor Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires - Verano porteno (Summer) Tango