Berkshire Artsnet

The Social Network of the Berkshire Review for the Arts

A network for artists, musicians, actors, writers and their audiences, based in the Berkshires, but reaching out over the world.

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  • Philippe Lejeune
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  • Henry Klein
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Michael Miller

The Wagner Cult on Record: Tristan und Isolde, by Huntley Dent

Mild und leise. Plenty of otherwise gentle people lose their grip on civility when Wagner’s name is mentioned. I was standing in line at the post office explaining to a friend why I thought Wagner was greater than Bach. I felt that we were in a safely uncivilized location, but no. The woman in front of us turned around and said, “I totally disagree with everything you’re saying.” I had been foolish. The cult of Wagner, which swept half of Europe

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Posted by Michael Miller on November 18, 2008 at 1:30pm

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Wagner Cult and Conductor Cult, by Michael Miller

It is only too obvious that the worldwide economic collapse will affect all sectors of the global economy and therefore most aspects of our lives. Most arts organizations are already well along in addressing this murky, complex, and constantly shifting situation have announced cuts ranging from the relatively minor to cancelled or postponed performances, exhibitions, and building projects. Their managers know that things will be different in three months or six months, and probably not for the b… Continue

Posted by Michael Miller on November 15, 2008 at 2:30am

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And Now We Are One...and We Have a Network!

Today we mark the first anniversary of The Berkshire Review for the Arts. Our group of writers and critics has grown considerably since then, and so has our traffic. While we were fortunate to attract a sizable group of readers from the beginning, it has grown over the course of 2008 to an average of over 103,000 “hits” and 72,000 pages read per month, peaking at over twice that in June. While I am celebrating the anniversary by redesigning the site to handle our in…

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Posted by Michael Miller on October 3, 2008 at 1:41am

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Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2423 {Th}es wer forne {th}e freest {th}at fol{ygh}ed alle {th}e sele, Ex-ellently of alle {th}yse o{th}er.

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