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Early Music aka Historically Informed Music

Ran across a mag called EMAg, " The Magazine of Early Music America" today at Barnes and Noble as I was picking up my Gramaphone
I never heard of it before and was thrilled there even is such a thing.
Absolutely WONDERFUL rag, pure class throughout, covers the entire scene in USA, great reviews and very well written high-level articles .
Some for the musician that a serious listener can grasp with some effort,
and there is nothing but good that comes to one who tries.

Out of Pittsburg , a Quartely, 6$ a pop.
First time in my long life I sat down immediately after first read( there will be several) and mailed a check for a years suscription !
schubert

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schubert OP
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May just be printed there?
There is a lot of music there. Even Cleveland has "Apollo's Fire" .
schubert OP
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As I am Learsfool.
Pittsburg Sym. first came to my attention in the 70's when they made many stellar recordings on the old Classic Command label with the great William Steinburg at the helm.
The 35mm magnetic film CC recorded on sounded great IMO .
They are still worth watching for today, usually about 15 bucks are they still have fans .
schubert OP
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Brownsfan, I assumed as much from your initial post :-} .
schubert OP
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I am not from the Twin Cities and the only reason I live here is I'm a culture vulture and ,all things considered, this is the best place in USA to live for same.

If I HAD to move it would be a coin-toss between Pittsburg and Bloomington, IN .
schubert OP
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Bill, I root for the Vikes and have since '61 when they were founded . Don't know why, I was in Germany at the time and had never been to MN.
That said, IMO football has descended to a level where I really don't much care about it,much less lose sleep over who wins or loses.
schubert OP
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Bdp25,if not in your local store try web instead , B& N doesn't put a mag like that in many of its stores.

I just now Googled" Early Music America" ,like the mag itself their web site is very classy .
schubert OP
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As I hear the Minnesota a lot, while it is a very good band,perhaps with its Finnish Conductor the best Sibelius one in US, it would be giving them the benefit of the doubt to place them in the top 10 much less the top 5 .
Of course any orchestra in top 20 is very good and MN is certainly there.
From what I hear on NPR , LA is not all that consistent but
not hearing them live , that's just a guess.
One thing I hear about the Pittsburg that is not a guess is that their woodwind section is as good as it gets.
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