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REVIEW: Alan Fletcher's Complete Aspen Music Festival and School @ SubCulture...Abridged
The Column: Where Are Today's Oscar-Happy Classical Composers?
For no apparent reason, we've been perusing the list of winners of the Best Original Score Oscar since the prize was inaugurated in the 1930's. It makes for interesting reading. No Music to Your Ears: Jean Braham of The Metropolitan Opera's Chorus Line Talks Pay Cuts and Salary Issues via The New York Times
The life of a struggling artist doesn't warrant the enviable praise from critics, audiences and so on. Opera singers, jazz players, rock musicians, "Showtime" subway dancers and so on all put in the time to earn the buck.
