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OBITUARY: Open Your Ears to Milton Babbitt
He had a rich life but died an unjustly neglected American composer. It is easy and commonplace to think of Milton Babbitt, who died on Saturday at 94, as a composer of unfathomable contradictions. He wrote formidable music of unprecedented structural complexity yet had a background in jazz and popular music of the ’20s and ’30s and an encyclopedic knowledge of Tin Pan Alley songs…
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Randy Newman on His Twentieth Oscar Nomination, and Why Lady Gaga Didn’t Make the Toy Story 3 Soundtrack
Making even Meryl Streep look like a slouch, Randy Newman is currently celebrating his twentieth Oscar nomination, this one for “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 , up for Best Original Song. We spoke with the legendary songwriter last week about who he wishes would perform in his stead at the Oscars, his future plans (which might include a Tootsie musical), and scoring 2010’s most tear …
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