Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger

Tone Poem Tuesday

Time for something of a musical homecoming. I’ll be featuring the music of Hector Berlioz a lot over the next few months, as we’ve just past the 150th anniversary of his passing after a 65-year life of struggle and hardship … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

Picking the low-hanging fruit is always advisable.

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“Execute order….”

Roger Green turns 66 today, and a very happy birthday to him! He also gathers a bit of linkage and factual stuff regarding the number 66, most famously used to identify a once-beloved portion of the United States highway system. … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Returning to the Song Challenge, it’s a song from my pre-teen years! I wasn’t sure how to define this–after all, a song from 1972, when I was pushing one year old, was definitely “pre-teen”, strictly speaking. But I think they’re … Continue reading

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Walkabout

Most Sundays start with The Dee-oh-gee and I going on a walk in a nature-based location–usually one of the local state or county parks. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to do as much of that of late because this winter’s … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

An old favorite returns. This work is the kind of thing I return to when I need the world to slow down, when I need to recall that there is room in this world we’ve built for quiet moments and … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I was all set to move along in the ongoing Song Challenge, but events in the musical world today compel me to push A Song from my Preteen Years to next week. Andre Previn has died at age 89. Previn … Continue reading

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Travels Along the Yellow Brick Road

I suppose I am hardly unique among Americans in that The Wizard of Oz has been a part of my life almost as long as I can remember. I grew up during that hazy prehistory when the only way to … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

I imagine I’ve featured this work before, but that’s what’s great about classical music: You can keep coming back to it! Sir Edward Elgar composed this concert overture, “Cockaigne (In London Town),” in fulfillment of a commission from the Royal … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, My Love

Today is The Wife’s birthday! Here is my annual repost of memories, thoughts, and observations on how she makes my life so much better than it deserves to be…but first, this past year has had a number of new challenges … Continue reading

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