Tag: review
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Review of ‘Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music’ by Robert Reilly and Jens Laurson
The Claremont Review asked me for a review of Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music by Robert R. Reilly and Jens F. Laurson (Ignatius Press, 2016). A Baedeker to Beauty Deal W. Hudson January 8, 2018 As a Baedeker for the musically literate, Robert Reilly’s Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s […]
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New Production of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ Magnificent
Deal W. Hudson October 30, 2017 From its first performance in 1951, “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” an opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams has suffered from a checkered history on stage. Its Covent Garden premiere was criticized for its lack of “theatricality,” and the attempt at a revival the following year was a failure. A subsequent and […]
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The Worst Book I Ever Read
Deal W. Hudson A Review of Conversations With God ( Book 1) When I wrote a book on happiness in 1995, I was required to read a number of the popular self-help books on the subject. It was only dogged persistence and several strong cigars that got me through them. But lo and behold, at the […]
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