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Quattro Mani American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New YorkRenowned duo pianists Susan Grace and Steven Beck perform works by Lou Harrison, John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, John Adams and Fred Lerdahl who, with linguist Ray Jackendoff, developed the Chomsky-inspired generative theory of tonal music, an endeavor inspired by Leonard Bernsteinโs Norton Lectures, given at Harvard in 1973.
Bob Dylanโs Village Trip: An Evening of Songs and Stories
Cafรฉ Wha? 115 MacDougal St, New YorkโThose early days in the Village were great,โ Bob Dylan told his biographer Robert Shelton around 1970, shortly after he had moved into his townhouse on MacDougal Street, trying to recreate the magic of the early 1960s, when there was โmusic in the cafes at night and revolution in the air.โ
Genius & Invention: Schoenberg, Ives, Cage & Harrison โ An Exploration American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New YorkCelebrating ground-breaking composers Arnold Schoenberg and Charles Ives at 150 with the Hayley/Laufer duoโs stunning interpretation of the lushly expressionistic Book of the Hanging Gardens, and Ivesโ violin and piano sonata. Plus Varied Trio and early keyboard music by unlikely Schoenberg students ย Lou Harrison and John Cage.ย