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December 10, 2020
Robert Jackson Wood
The Stubborn Classism of Classical Music
What critics get wrong about the genre’s long-standing diversity problems
August 26, 2013
Philip Kennicott
America’s Orchestras are in Crisis
How an effort to popularize classical music undermines what makes orchestras great.
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The 'Naiveté' of Verdi

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