Saturday, February 14, 2026

The New Yorker covers: September 24, 1990

In a 1697 play entitled The Mourning Bride, William Congreve famously wrote: “Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” On a more humble level, music may bring a smile to a reader’s lips, when depicted on a magazine cover.


Barbara Westman
(covers untitled until February 1993)

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