Stories by tintinnabula

The Voice of Casablanca

Classical music works of the 21st century

When the Pianos Went to War

The thoroughly modern George Gershwin

At the Bauhaus, Music Was More Than a Hobby

Strike with the Band: The meritocratic failures of classical music

Googie Architecture, an Art Form Worth Saving (2014)

The Noah's Ark Problem (1998) [pdf]

Riding in Cars with Jacques Lacan

Walter Bagehot: the revered Victorian who got almost everything wrong

Athens on the Colorado

Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018)

Shepard Tone

Ornate netsuke were practical status symbols

‘To Get Things More Real’: An Interview with Ira Glass

Rodin Kept His Feet on the Ground

The Essay to Read If You Even Think About Wearing Clothes

David Bowie‘s collection of Memphis-Milano furniture (2016)

The Trans History of the Wild West

Psalms and Silence: The Soundtrack of John Williams’s Captivity (2013)

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