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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
For some years now, The Wife’s cars have had Sirius XM radio enabled, in order to make our road trips more pleasurable. One thing I’ve noticed about the Sirius channels–in addition to there simply being VERY MANY of them, enough … Continue reading
Beethoven at 250: The Cello Sonata no. 5
For most casual listeners, the words “Beethoven” and “sonata” almost always indicate one of the sonatas for solo piano, and with good reason; the piano sonatas comprise some of the greatest writing for piano in music history, and they are … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
I saw this amusing post online this morning: And I saw that just as I was starting to think, “Hmmm, I wonder what I should post for my Christmas music of the day?” I love how every once in a … Continue reading
Liberatopia: Now with hungry bears!
Years ago I was driving someplace and an odd segment came on the NPR show This American Life, which was about a libertarian guy who was spearheading what seemed to me a pretty Quixotic notion: rallying a whole bunch of … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
My most beloved of composers, Hector Berlioz, was born 217 years ago today. While he is often noted (and mocked) for his use of bombast, he was actually very tasteful and strategic in his use of big sounds: Berlioz loved … Continue reading
Beethoven at 250: The Ruins of Athens
One reason that film music often struggles to get mainstream acceptance as music worthy of interest on its own is the fact that film music is always dependent on the film for its inspiration and genesis. Film composers don’t tend … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
From Mame, which I have never seen and know [Ed: Apparently I can no longer spell] exactly nothing about other than this song, right here. Oh, and the original Broadway: And the Muppets:
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Several settings of my mother’s favorite Christmas carol. Enjoy! I’m never sure why this one isn’t heard more than it is.
Tone Poem Tuesday
In honor of the passing of Chuck Yeager (with a typically wonderful memorial by post by Sheila O’Malley), here is a suite of music by Bill Conti from the film The Right Stuff, which adapted the Tom Wolfe book that … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Forty years ago tomorrow, I got up to get ready for school. My mother had Good Morning America or Today or one of those on in the living room, which is when I learned of what happened forty years ago today. John … Continue reading