Sad news: folk singer and social activist Mary Travers died earlier today in Danbury. The New York Times has already posted an obituary filled with interesting quotes and comments from friends and musical associates.
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‘Cast from the Past: Deryck Cooke on an “Authentic” Mahler Tradition
Shortly after the 1962 release of Otto Klemperer’s EMI/Columbia (UK) recording of Mahler’s Symphony No.4, musicologist Deryck Cooke recorded a program for the BBC Third Programme comparing Klemperer’s recordings to others, particularly Bruno Walter and Willem Mengelberg, in search of an “authentic” interpretive approach to Mahler.
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