Essay

Composers, Canonized

Whose purpose does it serve when we treat great musicians of the past like saints?

by Thulasi Seshan April 11, 2024May 9, 2024

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “St. Cecily” (1903) • All photos Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain)

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Thulasi Seshan

Thulasi Seshan is a writer, researcher, and musician. She lives in Chicago. More by Thulasi Seshan