The Longest Serving Orchestra Musician? by Norman Lebrecht, Slipped Disc Sixty-four years. WOW, people. For Liszt, experimentation was a form of greatness. by Anthony Tommasini, NY Times Liszt was completely amazing, both as a performer and a composer. But you knew that, right? What did Beethoven hear when he composed music? by Deb Anderson, The [...]

b. June 29, 1911 in New York, NY d. December 24, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA Bernard Herrmann began studying composition and conducting at NYU while still in high school. He went on to Juilliard where he remained for two years, however, he found the school to be too conservative. In 1933, Herrmann formed the [...]