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Music Is The Peacekeeper Of The World! – January 2022

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No, We Didn’t Call Him ‘Mr. Loaf.’ (Mostly.) January 21, 2022
After the rock singer Meat Loaf died Thursday, one small question — trivial, really — surfaced again. Did The Times really call him “Mr. Loaf” in its pages?
A ‘High Priestess of Satanic Art’? This Organist Can Only Laugh. January 21, 2022
For more than a decade, Anna von Hausswolff has been bringing the sound of pipe organs to rock fans. But Roman Catholic extremists have tried to stop her playing shows in churches.
Alex Marshall
One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. January 21, 2022
Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Intimate Apparel” and “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” are premiering in New York almost simultaneously.
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Singer and Actor, Dies at 74 January 22, 2022
Born Marvin Lee Aday, he sold millions of albums, won a Grammy and acted in films including “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Fight Club.”
Alex Marshall, Ben Sisario and Derrick Bryson Taylor
Elza Soares, 91, Who Pushed the Boundaries of Brazilian Music, Dies January 21, 2022
She rose from a favela in Rio to samba stardom in the 1960s. But her career was later overshadowed by an affair with a famous soccer player that became a national scandal.
Michael Astor