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Scott Foglesong is Chair of Music Theory and Musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory, where he has been on the faculty since 1978. He also teaches at UC Berkeley, and contributes program notes and gives “Inside Music” lectures for the San Francisco Symphony.

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Don't call him Ralph

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It's pronounced Rafe. Mispronouncing Ralph Vaughan Williams doesn't mark you as a hopeless peasant with the damning finality of, say, leaving out the...
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The pleasures and frustrations of Tansman

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Recently I've been getting to know some of orchestral music of Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986) thanks to Oleg Caetani and the Melbourne Symphony...
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A Russian French connection at the SF Symphony

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The early 20th-century synergy between Russian and French composers produced some of modern music's most enduring musical statements. Next week, the...
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Best free (or almost free) resources for classical music in San Francisco

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Hearing good music isn't restricted to only the well-heeled. The world's music is for everybody, so with that in mind, here are some good resources...
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Our symphony and the ghosts of recordings past

We all know (I hope!) what a wonderful jewel we have in the San Francisco Symphony. It has been an integral part of...
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Bride of Classic Movie Music: utterly electrifying

In two previous installments I've discussed some of the leading lights of Hollywood movie music; in Part 1, I...
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Classic movie music: grand and gushy

Even conservatory theory professors have their little musical pleasures. We don't spend all our time thrashing out...
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Music by grownups

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The musical world suffers from a distinctly unhealthy preoccupation with youth. The Infant Phenomenon, a.k.a....
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Hardly avant-garde at all

I was having a schmooz with a good friend/colleague (who happens to be a well-known composer) not too long ago, and...
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The biggest fish in the pond, and then some

Beethoven's place in Western cultural history stands firm, no matter how often resisters resist or fulminators...
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