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“Music…embraces at once the real and the ideal… By suspending the rhythm that gives it movement and life, it can assume the aspect of death. With the play…

"B" is for Boykin Spaniel. The Boykin spaniel was originally bred in South Carolina before the 1920s. This amiable, small, dark brown retriever is a…

"C" is for Catawba Pottery. Among the Catawba Indians in present-day York County, an unbroken chain of pottery production has helped preserve a cultural…

“B” is for the Bluffton Movement [1844]. Aggrieved by the Tariff of 1842 and the refusal of Congress to annex Texas, a group of planters from St. Luke’s…

Have you ever wondered how the violin came to play such an important role in the history of classical music? Well, it starts with singing. The invention…

Performers are always seeking the most effective and compelling ways to bring a composer’s musical ideas to life. I stress the plural, “ways,” because…

A scientist I know was talking about great works of literature the other day, and she said that what characterized them was the “density of brilliance.”…

A song cycle is a set of songs whose texts—often by a single poet—are linked by a common subject, mood, or story. Though the songs of the cycle are all…

If I told you about a letter from a famous composer to his employers, a letter in which the composer complained that he needed a higher salary because…

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. When taking botany with Dr. John Nelson, students endure such puns as his…