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Category Archives: music
May 4: Audrey, and Star Wars
Unrelated except by calendrical coincidence, it’s Audrey Hepburn’s birthday… …and, thanks to the pun May the Fourth be with you, it is also STAR WARS Day.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I got nothin’, folks. Today was complete shit. Here, as is my practice in such situations, is Franz von Suppe. Our conductor here (leading the Vienna Philharmonic in their 1990 (!) New Year’s Day Concert) is Zubin Mehta, who just … Continue reading
National Poetry Month AND Tone Poem Tuesday: Messrs Meredith and Vaughan Williams
Back in my high school years, I was able to attend a performance of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. There were three works on the program. I don’t recall the first, sadly, and I … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I really hate to play the “[thing] was so much more [quality] back in my day!” game, but…damn, folks, sexy songs were so much sexier back in my day!” I heard this song on Sirius yesterday and I’m telling you, this thing is … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, day 19, and Tone Poem Tuesday: Mr. Poe and Maestro Schmitt
Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite poets and always has been. In fact, his work partially provides inspiration for my John Lazarus novels; the plan is that each book in this series alludes to Poe or makes reference … Continue reading
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National Poetry Month, day 14 AND Something for Thursday: Leonard Cohen
The great Canadian songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen demonstrates quite ably the blurring of the lines between song lyrics and poetry. Are lyrics poetry? I’d argue that they are, but they are often slightly limited by their intended use in … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s Spring! Has been for several weeks! But actual signs of spring have been slow in coming, as they always are here in The 716. But we’ve had a few sunny and warm days of late–today is one of them!–and … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Well, I suppose that having mentioned these two songs in today’s poetry post, I have to use them here. Take it away, Mr. Denver!
Tone Poem Tuesday
As noted in today’s poetry selection, Edward Elgar–once viewed as the United Kingdom’s greatest composer–has suffered mightily for almost a century after his passing, though there has been some more recent reappraisal. Elgar was seen for much of the 20th … Continue reading