by Kile Smith | Oct 22, 2012 | Classical music, Composition
[Reprinted with permission from the Broad Street Review under “From Beethoven to Wagner: The political uses and abuses of music”] Before you hear any more of my music, maybe you were wondering whom I’m voting for. We’ll get to that after a word from...
by Kile Smith | Aug 3, 2011 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, August 6th, 2011, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Ignaz Pleyel had three strikes against him during the French Revolution. He was rich, he was a foreigner, and he worked for the Church. He was exactly the type of person for whom the Reign of Terror sharpened its guillotines....
