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Roman graffiti provides the inspiration for Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg’s new choral work
Thursday, July 16, 2009Tuesday’s Guardian had this from Charlotte Higgins:
“Magnus Lindberg, the innovative Finnish composer, has finally cracked choral music – with a work commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra that takes its text from choice graffiti found in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Snippets of Latin he uses vary from quotations from Virgil (clearly some of the vandals of ancient Pompeii were pretty cultured) to ...
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