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August 1995 Issue
August 1995 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The Road to a Third Party
    Jack Beatty
  • Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian 1809-1922
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Chimera
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Rebel Private Front and Rear
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Christina Rossetti
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Where Bigfoot Walks
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Cosmic Chants

Roaring like some titanic flywheel, Carmina Burana has drowned out the rest of Carl Orff’s creations

By Matthew Gurewitsch
August 1995 Issue
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