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Beethoven at 250: The Ruins of Athens
One reason that film music often struggles to get mainstream acceptance as music worthy of interest on its own is the fact that film music is always dependent on the film for its inspiration and genesis. Film composers don’t tend … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
From Mame, which I have never seen and know [Ed: Apparently I can no longer spell] exactly nothing about other than this song, right here. Oh, and the original Broadway: And the Muppets:
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Several settings of my mother’s favorite Christmas carol. Enjoy! I’m never sure why this one isn’t heard more than it is.
Tone Poem Tuesday
In honor of the passing of Chuck Yeager (with a typically wonderful memorial by post by Sheila O’Malley), here is a suite of music by Bill Conti from the film The Right Stuff, which adapted the Tom Wolfe book that … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Forty years ago tomorrow, I got up to get ready for school. My mother had Good Morning America or Today or one of those on in the living room, which is when I learned of what happened forty years ago today. John … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
One area of classical music I always tell myself I would like to explore, and yet never quite do, is the operas of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov. NRK was a brilliant orchestrator, a musical colorist who also had a fine gift … Continue reading
Beethoven and the Outdoors
“Beethoven’s Walk in Nature”, Julius Schmid One thing that I have in common with Ludwig van Beethoven is that we both find creative rejuvenation in regular walks in the woods near our homes. I don’t know of any canine companionship … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
You know how sometimes a song will have a great tune and a great beat, but when you listen to the lyrics you’re kind of repulsed? For me one great example of this is the first of the 1980s pop … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
So far this year we’ve had about an inch of snow altogether at Casa Jaquandor, and at the moment the grass is green and the woods are brown and everything is wet and muddy. Meteorologically, we just aren’t in the … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Songwriter Adam Schlesinger died earlier this year. He was one of the first high-profile deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic. He was also one of the brilliant creative geniuses behind the amazing show Crazy Ex Girlfriend, and many of that show’s … Continue reading