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Deceptive Cadence
12:04 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Marches Madness: 'Turkish' Mozart, Jazzed By An Expert

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The Mehter Turkish Army Band, wearing traditional Ottoman Era costumes, in a 1957 photo.
Deceptive Cadence
10:16 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Marches Madness: Royal Wedding Edition

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge processing out of their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in April 2011.
Deceptive Cadence
10:47 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Marches Madness: From Trash Can To Flagpole

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Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 11:55 am

Deceptive Cadence
3:07 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Marches Madness: A Dancer's Joy

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Composer, choreographer, filmmaker and vocalists Meredith Monk performs at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Deceptive Cadence
11:54 am
Fri March 22, 2013

The Unannounced Symphony

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Got an idea for a classical cartoon or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. His new book is Helguera's Artunes. You can see more of his work atArtworld Salon and on his own site.

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Deceptive Cadence
9:55 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Marches Madness: Mahler's Twisted Nursery Rhyme

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Mahler's ironic funeral march, in his first symphony, was inspired by this woodcut of forest animals bearing the hunter to his grave.
Deceptive Cadence
2:06 pm
Wed March 20, 2013

Marches Madness: Hurray For Taxes!

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Deceptive Cadence
2:43 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

Marches Madness: High-Stepping To Scott Joplin

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Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry (center) in a 2010 production of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha at the Châtelet Theater in Paris.

Originally published on Wed March 20, 2013 2:16 pm

Deceptive Cadence
9:24 am
Tue March 19, 2013

Music We Love Now: New Albums Of Bach, Beethoven And Brahms

Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 10:04 am

New albums of music by the "Three Bs," Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, prove that going back to basics has its advantages. Hear a sweet-toned violin concerto, an audacious piano sonata and a solo cello suite caressed by a lute.

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Deceptive Cadence
9:34 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Marches Madness: Freshly Squeezed Oranges In 4/4 Time

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For his zany opera The Love for Three Oranges, Prokofiev wrote a little march that made it big.

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