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Lapham’s Quarterly to Be Acquired by Bard College

The beloved magazine started by Lewis Lapham, who died last year, is being acquired by Bard College.

By Benjamin Mullin

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Vast Trove of Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Is Destroyed in Fire

An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing company his heirs founded burned down.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Review: Grand Opera Makes a Comeback With ‘Le Prophète’

Meyerbeer, one of the 19th century’s most popular composers, is out of fashion today. But his work is receiving a rare revival at Bard College.

By Oussama Zahr

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At Bard, a Festival Argues for the Music of Vaughan Williams

This year’s Bard Music Festival explores the work and context of a composer who strove to make art “an expression of the whole life of the community.”

By David Allen