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Then “Liebeslied” was Kreisler transcribed by Rachmaninoff, in this virtuoso role following the footsteps of somebody like Liszt. And in “Corelli” — the theme, it seems, he got from Kreisler — Rachmaninoff...

Before Sally Rooney was the author of best-selling books, and well before those books became buzzy television series, she was an undergraduate student at Trinity College Dublin with a growing pile of...

In “Air,” the new biographical sports drama about Nike’s 1984 effort to land an endorsement deal with then-N.B.A. rookie Michael Jordan, the Air Jordan is the sneaker holy grail. Designed by the...

Worldwide art and antiques sales reached an estimated $67.8 billion in 2022, up 3 percent compared with a year earlier, lifting the market higher than its prepandemic level in 2019, according to...

Puns, the pundit John Oliver has said, are not merely the lowest form of humor but “the lowest form of human behavior.” The academy agrees. In the 1600s, no less a literary...

When we first meet Silvio Berlusconi, the title character in “Berlusconi: A New Musical,” the former populist prime minister of Italy is awaiting the verdict of a tax fraud trial in 2012....

Kelly was born in South Carolina, the youngest of three siblings, but grew up all over; his father, Tim, was a high-flying executive at a paper company. Their household was always musical:...

It’s ridiculous how entertaining “Air” is given that it’s about shoes, even if it works overtime to persuade you that it’s also about other, nobler truths, too. Mind you, the pair that...

Dear listeners,In October 2020 — a time when a lot of touring musicians were wondering when, and if, they’d ever play live again — I interviewed Bruce Springsteen over video chat.* He...

For the Taking the Lead series, we asked leaders in various fields to share insights on what they’ve learned and what lies ahead.Years before Steve Lacy’s single “Bad Habit” hit No. 1...