Nov/Dec 2007
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Cover story

Fraternity of Fiddlers

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by David Patrick Stearns

Time for Three, a Philadelphia-based string trio with classical roots, is criss-crossing the country with original spins on the Beatles, jazz, bluegrass, and more.

Features

Iraqi Overtures

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by Allegra Klein
For ten heat-scorched days last July, American musicians worked alongside more than 300 Iraqi artists in workshops and performances of symphonic repertoire, Broadway, jazz, and folk music. Faculty member Allegra Klein kept a diary of her experiences.

The Maestro of Toon Town

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by Daniel Felsenfeld
Carl Stalling's musical scores, which merge the classical and the comedic, are instantly recognizable to anyone who's seen What's Opera, Doc?, Long-Haired Hare, or another of his 600 Warner Bros. cartoons.