You probably know Piazzolla from Adiós Nonino, or from the Kronos Quartet recording that made a generation of American listeners suddenly aware that something extraordinary had been happening in Buenos Aires for thirty years without their knowing. What is harder to explain is why it took so long — not for American audiences to discover him, but for Buenos Aires itself to accept what he had made.

A 2004 film on Alberto Laiseca returns to Buenos Aires as part of a program at the Biblioteca Nacional, accompanied by a letter the writer sent after seeing the film—an extraordinary reflection that resists closure.

Life and Music in the Age of George Frederick Bristow soon to be release through Alexander Street / ProQuest, reaching universities, colleges, and public libraries worldwide. A 65-minute documentary about a composer New York forgot — and why that forgetting matters.