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Although her husband, rhythm-and-blues singer Ernie K-Doe, died eight years ago, he was still at his wife's New Orleans funeral after her death on Fat Tuesday at age 66. But this Ernie was a fully costumed mannequin seated in a mule-drawn carriage that followed her casket. As the widow of the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the Universe"--whose 1961 hit song "Mother-in-Law" provided the name for the music lounge the couple would later establish as a New Orleans institution--Antoinette thought it her duty to keep Ernie's memory alive with the life...
...influenced by Bartók’s roots in folk music, resolved the chaos. Jerking out of this harmonic respite, Lang coaxed the coda from a steady trot of sharp staccatos into a thunderous gallop of arpeggiated exclamations. Lang transitioned flawlessly from the mad chaos of Bartók to the nuanced subtlety of the French impressionistic style with a few selections from Claude Debussy’s Preludes. It was these simple tone poems, not the virtuosic heavyweights that usually dominate any performer’s repertoire, which revealed the musical genius behind Lang’s commercial...
...Young's COBRA premiums have risen, he has cashed in savings accounts and a 401(k) to meet costs and co-pays. The cancer has spread to his lung, hip and leg bones, and the costs of his chemotherapy and pain medications are mounting. His hospital has helped cover some expenses. Born on the Fourth of July, Young has outlived his initial prognosis; now he is hoping to persuade the Social Security Administration to grant him Medicare benefits in April, the second anniversary of his disability (recipients must wait two years to be eligible). But he has since found...
...general education program was designed to mirror the traditional underpinnings of a liberal arts education, imparting broad knowledge in a wider variety of categories and encouraging a greater real world application of curriculum, according to Gen Ed administrators. Music and African American Studies Professor Kay K. Shelemay, who teaches Literature and Arts B-78: “Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World,” said that the new Gen Ed criteria very much affects the way she teaches her course. “The class is now much more connected to music in a changing world...
...atmosphere conducive to discussion. “The willingness to have difficult conversations is the key,” Tatum said, “If you avoid things you don’t learn that [they] can be liberating.” —Staff writer Jillian K. Kushner can be reached at kushner@fas.harvard.edu...