No. 278, June 2018

Chasing the Sound of Stuff Smith How an obsession with the gear that helped Stuff Smith achieve his distinctive sound brought me closer to a musical idol, 50 years after his death By David Schulman   Risk & Reward Yuga Cohler on forging a career as a conductor in classical music and what Beethoven and Kanye West have in common By Whitney Phaneuf   Anniversary of an Auspicious Start 100 years ago, a female impresario and forward-thinking conductor succeeded in Cleveland where many others had failed By Brian Wise   SPECIAL FOCUS Classical Works with Traditional Roots   How Béla Bartók Redefined Classical Music Under the guise of complex art music, this composer and ethnomusicologist brought Hungarian peasant culture into the concert halls of Europe By Greg Cahill   Argentine Soul You’ll find folk music, rhythmic vitality, and guitar styles in Alberto Ginastera’s music—but very little tango By Inge Kjemtrup   Musical Nationalism Studying the effect of Norwegian folk music on Edvard Gr