A Reminder That The Upcoming Renaissance Will Be Non-Partisan And Non-Denominational (But Strongly National, International, And Sacred)

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Did you know that American composer David Amran was the composer in residence of the 2008 Democratic National Convention? (He was the first composer in residence of the New York Philharmonic in 1966, under Leonard Bernstein.)


National Gallery of Art, 63rd American Music Festival

Pinzel, Lviv's international, enigmatic sculptor of the 18th century

Timothy J. Buell The Harmonic Language of Stravinsky's Abraham and Isaac

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Photo credits:

(c) Robert Frank. All rights reserved.

Abraham’s Sacrifice. c. 1760 (from a church in the village of Hodovytsya). Museum of Sacral Sculpture, Lviv, Ukraine, Future European Union. www.htd.kiev.ua © 2002 - 2007.