W. Taitte

Stories

The Plate is the Thing

Dinner theaters offer the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the kraut.

By W. Taitte
Jan 1975
Putting on Arias

In Texas, the fandom of the opera is surprisingly large.

By W. Taitte
Mar 1975
Three for the Show

Fort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell.

By W. Taitte
Apr 1975
Sweet and Low

High-brow music doesn’t have to be high priced.

By W. Taitte
May 1975
High Mass

A famous conductor tries again with a recording of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, and this time we think he’s got it right.

By W. Taitte
Aug 1975
The Music Man

If James Dick has his way, the notes struck at Round Top will echo around the world.

By W. Taitte
Sep 1975
The World‘s Best Basic Record Collection

Building a classical, rock, country, and jazz library on a budget.

By Doug Ramsey, W. Taitte, Chet Flippo
Oct 1975
The Soundness of Music

How to get cultured and stay in shape at the same time.

By W. Taitte
Nov 1975
Keeping Up with Jones

Local boy makes good.

By W. Taitte
Dec 1975
The Pit and the Podium

Lawrence Foster prepares for an encounter with Gustav Mahler.

By W. Taitte
Feb 1976
Beyond the Fringe

Surprise yourself; discover the very old and the very new in classical music.

By W. Taitte
Mar 1976
It Ain’t Necessarily So-So

New recordings of Treemonisha and Porgy and Bess will do, but on the whole we prefer Puccini.

By W. Taitte
Jun 1976
Shoot the Piano Players

Glenn Gould and Peter Serkin have always beenn far-out, but new recordings suggest a certain mellowing.

By W. Taitte
Sep 1976
Handel with Care

New, authentic recordings of Messiah prove that less is more.

By W. Taitte
Dec 1976
Alley Up

Why are Houstonians starting to talk about the Alley Theater again?

By W. Taitte
Mar 1977

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