American Fed of Musicians — Blog — The Nightingale’s Sonata

The Union, ICSOM, and Family Strife by Thomas Wolf

If one really wants to understand how the music business developed in the second half of the twentieth century, there is no better musical family to study that the Gomberg/Zazofsky clan. Their story and our family’s relationship to theirs provides a behind-the-scenes look that no history book can provide.

American Fed of Musicians, American music business, Boris Goldovsky, Goldovsky OperaClaire PurgusAugust 17, 2020American Federation of Music, American music business, George Zazofsky, Boris Goldovsky

The American Music Business Gets Nasty by Thomas Wolf

The union movement in America would have a profound impact on the music business. Unionization was a divisive issue in the music industry affecting relationships between friends, colleagues, and families…including ours.

American music business, American Fed of Musicians, James PetrilloClaire PurgusJune 29, 2020American Federation of Musicians, James Petrillo, American music business

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