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Category Archives: music
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
In honor of Bob McGrath.
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
I was much more of a classical musician in my youth than a jazz musician, so as trumpet players go, I was more aligned to the Maurice Andre and Bud Herseth types than jazz luminaries like Miles Davis and Wynton … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
SiriusXM has some interesting temporary Holiday-oriented music channels right now, if you’re a subscriber…and what’s nice about these channels (I like the “classical” one, the “classics” one with songs from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and the “Favorites” one which … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Today, a suite from an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov! The opera is called Christmas Eve, and its plot involves a scheme by the Devil to steal the moon. Rimsky-Korsakov’s operas have suffered an unusual curse: they are well-loved and highly regarded by … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Hey, it’s morning and I’m getting the Daily Dose out! See, I told you I’d get on track with this. In 1994, a remake of the 1947 classic movie Miracle on 34th Street came out. If I recall correctly, it did … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
It’s Day 2! I generally try to not be this late in the day with this feature, but sometimes that’s just the way the ball bounces. Anyway: “Carol of the Bells” isn’t really my favorite bit of Christmas music, though … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
It’s December! And as is my tradition, I will now spend the next twenty-five days featuring Christmas music. This is one of the most beloved traditions of this blog*, and I always look forward to doing it. I hope you … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
We have Muzak at work, constantly piping music into The Store. I usually don’t pay a great deal of attention to it, though I do rather like our current “classic rock/hits of the 70s and 80s” mix that we have … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Here’s a suite of Max Steiner’s music from Casablanca, one of the most accidentally-great works of art ever made. The movie went into production without a finished script, the ending was only determined as the need to film it came near, … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Sticking with my new discovery, Russian-Jewish composer Alfred Schnittke, I’ve already learned that he composed music for films…including a version of Kipling’s mongoose story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. This prospect initially excited me, because an animated version of that story used to show … Continue reading