The first piece, "Tropical Night", is a nocturne with fragments of dance rhythms. The second piece, “Butantan,” depicts Instituto Butantan, a snake research institute that Respighi visited in São ...

June means it's officially summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And vacation planning follows the happy-hour rule (if it's 5 p.m. somewhere, sneak in a snifter), so use it as an excuse to take the ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. This week, Billboard is ...

U.S. to Freeze $2.2 Billion for Harvard After It Defies Trump A Showdown Between the White House and the Nation’s Wealthiest University The move came after the school said it would not submit to ...

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