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Going Viral: A Coronavirus Diary

by michaelc Posted on 23 April 2020

Coronavirus brings globalisation into focus by forcing attention onto the different layers of interconnectedness in our twenty-first century world. As the virus spreads around the planet in waves, the pandemic impinges on different social and economic sectors each according to … Continue reading →

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Remembering Eric Salzman

by michaelc Posted on 15 November 2017

News arrives of the death at age 84 of the American composer Eric Salzman, who appeared in my film ‘The Politics of Music’ (1972). My mind goes back not only to the filming but to the following summer when I … Continue reading →

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The Music of Politics

by michaelc Posted on 17 July 2016

It was an unexpectedly amusing moment when Cameron was caught ‘humming’ to himself as he went back into No.10 after announcing his handover to Theresa May, unaware that his microphone was still open. Even more entertaining was the rapid reaction … Continue reading →

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Filming Boulez in 1972

by michaelc Posted on 12 January 2016

IT was the mid-1960s, I was in my late teens, I was already becoming familiar with post-war avant-garde music, yet the first time I heard Pli selon Pli by Pierre Boulez, who has died at the age of 90, I … Continue reading →

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Repeated Takes Revisited

by michaelc Posted on 27 July 2014

For readers of my book on the history of recording, Repeated Takes, a musician blogger in North Carolina, John H. Davis, has recently posted a set of photos and video clips to go with the book. Kudos. Snippets of Repeated … Continue reading →

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The silence is deceptive: Cage Against the Machine

by michaelc Posted on 19 December 2010

It’s a very curious moment. The first phase of the new youth rebellion (for there will soon be another) is winding down, the whole country is frozen over, yesterday’s snow lies on the ground, and here in Putney—like the days … Continue reading →

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Vertov remade

by michaelc Posted on 24 October 2010

Michael Nyman’s Palimpsest of Man With A Movie Camera In a new work called NYman With A Movie Camera, Michael Nyman has conducted a really interesting experiment by taking the music he wrote a few years ago for Vertov’s Man … Continue reading →

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Music Documentaries

by michaelc Posted on 10 June 2010

Back from ‘Sights and Sounds’, a small but stimulating and enjoyable conference on music documentary in Salford. Films about music and musicians have been a major strand of documentary since the 1960s, so it’s odd, especially given the huge predominance … Continue reading →

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The last piano factory (in England)

by michaelc Posted on 30 October 2009

It makes me a little sad to hear that the last piano factory in the UK, Kemble’s in Bletchley, is closing today, with a loss of 90 jobs (and the skills they comprise). I visited this factory back in the … Continue reading →

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Mountain Piano

by michaelc Posted on 17 May 2006

A piano has been found near the summit of Britain’s highest mountain. Ben Nevis is only 4,418ft, but all the same, the fellows who found it – volunteer conservationists – can’t explain how it got there. The only clue is … Continue reading →

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Going Viral: A Coronavirus Diary

Remembering Eric Salzman

The Music of Politics

Filming Boulez in 1972

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Vertov remade

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