A black and white drawing: In a ballroom, in the foreground, sitting on an ottoman, a young woman is seen from behind. Behind her, seen from the front but in shadow, is the hero of the work (Berlioz). He is standing in black coat with his left arm extended and his right hand on his heart. Hangings are on the right and the left, raised on the right by a kiss. In the background, under the whiteness of the chandelier, the whirlwind of the ball.
Arts & Culture

The Literary Inspirations for Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

The creative works on which Hector Berlioz drew when writing his macabre and revolutionary symphony were fantastic indeed.
Glee Mandolin, 1900
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The Nineteenth-Century Banjo

Derived from an instrument brought to America by enslaved Africans, the banjo experienced a surge of popularity during the New Woman movement of the late 1800s.
JSTOR mixtape Volume 2
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A Very JSTOR Daily Mixtape: Volume 2

A JSTOR playlist featuring musicians who were also writers or scholars with content on JSTOR: including Leonard Cohen, Neko Case, Vijay Iyer, and Brian Eno.
Tribute in Light
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John Adams’ “On the Transmigration of Souls,” After 9/11

How to memorialize a national tragedy in music?