It may safely be said that personal striving—vulgarly called ambition—is the hallmark of modernity. To be satisfied with one’s lot, we are told, is to default on our duty to self and world alike; to ...

A New York Times obituary at the end of March told the world of the death of a remarkable woman. Under the headline “Doris Hodgkins Monteux, Singer and Music Memoirist,” the short article describes ...

In one of the most musical cities in the U.S., San Francisco, the greatest French conductor alive will pad affably to the podium this week to round out his ninth season. During those nine seasons he ...

For ten years, walrus-mustached Pierre Monteux, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, has spent part of each summer teaching younger musicians to conduct. Last week, after a visit to “Papa” Monteux ...