Olivia Briley

From the archives: Satie's music and thinking were more in tune with our time than with his own.

What can we learn from a year of movies?

From the archives: 100 years ago, the music world was introduced to a bizarre new instrument.

Some female artists are finally getting their due - but their famous and difficult male partners still eclipse their stories.

From the archives: Years ago, two pianists divided fans - and shared the music world's brightest spotlight.

From the archives: "The World of Tomorrow" held special promise for Depression-era Americans.

Three long-unseen documentaries come to light this weekend.

From the archives: An offbeat hit by the composer broke out of its inauspicious surroundings and became a familiar standard for jazz vocalists.

The legendary artist was always in motion.

From the archives: Feared by the bad, loved by the good - the story of 1959's Robin Hood.

From the archives: A little word makes a big impact.

From the archives: Nobody wants to watch paint dry.

Two musical giants listened to - and learned from - each other.

From the archives: During the Great Depression, Americans found solace in history.

For a time in Italy after World War II, reality was the height of drama.

From the archives: In 1964, Warhol made a masterpiece of metropolitan cinema: an 8-hour continuous shot of the Empire State Building.

From the archives: Years after their careers diverged, Mike Nichols and Elaine May reunited onstage and rekindled their iconic chemistry.

From the archives: An 80-year-old improvisation of a song has a way of taking musicians to inspired places.

From the archives: What do Radiohead, Tchaikovsky, and the Mission Impossible theme have in common? They all use 5/4 time — and make it sound inevitable.

From the archives: There’s a particular synergy that comes from many people doing the same thing.