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Tuesday Tones

Today we conclude the exploration of Music Inspired By Water, with a gigantic work by English master Ralph Vaughan Williams. From what I’ve learned, I could keep doing Music Inspired By Water for months! But I think it’s time to … Continue reading

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“5, 6, 7, 8, Schlemiel, Schlimazel, Hassenpfeffer Incorporated!”

I’m not often one for the “Wow, that makes me feel old” line of thinking. I like to think that I’m pretty realistic about the passage of time. But…good lord, how can it be that we’ve just passed the fiftieth anniversary … Continue reading

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Modes

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Something for Thursday

Two days ago marked the 270th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was one of those miraculous artists whose talent eclipsed the perceived limits of human ability. Mozart produced work of effortless profundity, in perfect proportion, in … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

The recent theme here, Works Inspired By Water, will be wrapping up next week…not for lack of works to continue presenting, but because I want to move on to other things! This particular theme, which occurred to me almost randomly … Continue reading

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RATE the DRAMA!!!

OK, everyone! Comment as follows: On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 meaning “a gentle No, Carla” and 10 meaning “getting swatted with a rolled-up Sunday New York Times and being sent to bed without dinner”, what level of scolding … Continue reading

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A thought

It seems to me that “Cops have the right to kill you if you inconvenience them in any way” is not any kind of fundamental principle for a healthy society. It is, however, an excellent fundamental principle for an authoritarian … Continue reading

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Stay warm, folks!

That’s all, really. It’s gonna be brutal.

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Something for Thursday

Here’s a movement from a Bach partita for solo violin. But what is a partita? It is simply a suite for solo instrument or voices, usually in several movements. Hey, why should everything have a complex definition? This particular movement, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Continuing our ongoing exploration of classical music inspired by water in some way, we have this short and lovely piece by Maurice Ravel. It took me longer than I suppose it should have to “discover” Ravel, because my introduction to … Continue reading

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