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Category Archives: music
Tone Poem Tuesday
Sometimes I need to go back to the beginning of my classical music roots. I had heard a lot of classical music as a kid, thanks to my parents’ music-listening habits and my sister’s piano lessons, and then later my horn, … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Happy birthday, Mom!
Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s August! I think August would count at “Midsummer”, right? Thus, here is some Mendelssohn: the overture to his suite of incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Something for Thursday
Still thinking of her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w9RKYDhBf4
Sinead
What a voice she had. What a musician she was. Too hard was her life. On the musical collaboration above: And back through the glen I rode again And my heart with grief was sore For I parted then with … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Technically, this isn’t a tone poem; it’s right up-front about being a concerto. But what a concerto it is, and it’s a masterpiece of tone painting as well. It is also a programmatic work, intended to tell a story. The … Continue reading
Tony
Thank you for the music, sir. What a life. I’m not one to appoint “golden ages” of this or that, but…there really is something awfully and uniquely special about the first half of the 20th century in American popular song-writing, … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
In honor of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 54 years ago today, a selection of music about the moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LwFI2E1zQk
Tone Poem Tuesday: Farewell, Andre Watts
Pianist Andre Watts has died. Watts was 77 years old when he died of prostate cancer last week. Born in 1946, Watts was best known for his expressive performances of piano music from the Romantic and early modern eras, which … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
A month ago I shared a new song and accompanying video by Canadian singer-songwriter Shannon Dooks. Now she has posted a new version of the same song, this time just piano and voice. It’s still a wonderful song, and I … Continue reading