Composers Anonymous: Populist Trimmings

August 2013

Philip Clark visits the Proms and witnesses a clash between New Music and the fancy-dress patriotism of populist classical music culture.

Composers Anonymous: Where's London's New Music?

June 2013

Philip Clark asks why London has always been "re" rather than "pro" active towards trends in composed music.

Issue 352

Composers Anonymous: Classical Stockholm Syndrome

May 2013

Philip Clark muses the death of composer Steve Martland and the identikit obituary.

Composers Anonymous: Tickling The Ivories

April 2013

In his latest column, Philip Clark asks whether the piano is still relevant – have things dropped off since Debussy, Ravel and Janáček?

Philip Clark: Composers Anonymous

March 2013

In his first column for The Wire online, Philip Clark looks at unhinged egos, unanswered emails and other occupational hazards of life as a working composer – and musicians who don't want to be noticed.

Essay

Richard Cook Tributes

November 2012

A collection of tributes to the late former editor of The Wire, who died August 2007

Issue 339

May 2012

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Issue 338

April 2012

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Issue 334

December 2011

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Issue 333

November 2011

+ The Wire Tapper 27

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Issue 332

October 2011

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The Portal

Militant Tuning Portal

September 2011

Philip Clark's Primer on Militant Tuning in The Wire 332 looks at how Just Intonation, microtones and overtones are used as secret weapons in the fightback against the sonic tyranny of equal temperament.