Orpheus Complex

Thoughts on classical music in London, on the web and beyond. By Gavin Dixon.

Friday, 4 June 2010

Well, here's the 'evidence':
http://www.mdcbowen.org/p2/sf/faq068.htm
and here is some curiously heated debate on the subject:
http://chris.quietlife.net/2003/03/13/was-beethoven-black/
You decide.

Gavin Dixon: Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist, editor and blogger specialising in classical music. He writes reviews and articles for a number of publications and websites. Gavin has a PhD on the Symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is also a member of the editorial team behind the ‘Alfred Schnittke Collected Works’ edition, which recently began publication in St Petersburg. More information on Gavin’s writing activities can be found at his website: www.gavindixon.info

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