Seeking consonance

An NYT article on Berg's violin concerto.

And another on Charles Ives.

Also from the Times: services at the virtual Church of Fools:

... a substantial part of the early avatar chatter on the site has ricocheted between aggressively irreverent and incomprehensible. Ship of Fools is looking into filtering software that might automatically convert foul language to "amen" or "hallelujah" ....

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