The Subterranean Review

This October there will be a festival in the Netherlands celebrating the musical heritage of 17C Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a...

In the 19th century, romanticism was a strong force in classical music, as it was in poetry and literature. But where did it come from? Why ...

  The first obstacle that the creative mind faces in its development, is convention. The creative spirit wants, above anything else, to do t...

Interesting short article in the 'Politisches Feuilleton' of the German radio station Deutschlandfunk, correctly complaining that th...

  'Beauty is a most important thing in political exercise, because beauty unifies humankind. Religion divides humankind, as do languages...

  Worried about postmodern 'thinking'? Or about the confused interpretations of the past in connection with racism? Or wondering whe...

  The tendency of many orchestras in the Western world to try to make themselves ‘useful’ to society, to become instruments of social change...