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December 2014

December 25, 2014

“For unto us a child is born”

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the...

December 23, 2014

Tis’ the Season. The Beecham Season.

As Christmas draws nigh, my thoughts turn (unsurprisingly) to that piece of classical music NPR...

December 18, 2014

Parked By the Jukebox with Luluc’s “Passerby”

From Sub Pop Records, the label behind the album currently streaming through my headphones: Luluc's "Passerby."...

December 10, 2014

The Welcome Ubiquity of “La Folia”

Why, yes, I do have a favorite version of "La Folía" -- the deceptively simple...

November 2014

November 27, 2014

“O Praise the Lord of Heaven!”

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! O Praise the Lord of Heaven; Praise Him in the Height, Praise...

November 18, 2014

Always On the Lookout for New Wine Skins (and Old Wine)

Stumbled across these two things a few days ago, and thought they went well together....

November 17, 2014

SSF: “Cymatics: Science Vs. Music”

Now for something (almost) entirely different than my usual Summa Shorts fare: CYMATICS (from Greek: κῦμα "wave"): the study of...

November 05, 2014

Just Messin’ Around with Four Pianos (and Eight Hands)

All the likes. All of them, I say. Perhaps not the best version from a...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

This One’s For Educational Purposes ONLY…

...and by "ONLY," I mean "This video comes from a YouTube channel that describes itself...

October 29, 2014

Living with Musical Free Association Syndrome

So, this is pretty much my life in a nutshell -- with the emphasis on...

October 23, 2014

Today’s Obscure Baroque Composer? Marco Uccellini. (Toldja he was obscure…)

Well, this certainly woke me up. That's Marco Uccellini, a composer described by Wikipedia (with...

October 16, 2014

Parked By the Jukebox with James Hill and His Ukulele

This is amazing stuff. So amazing, in fact, that my instinctive response was: "That's got to...

October 14, 2014

“Grim Grinning Ghosts” and the Magic of Thurl Ravenscroft

For no particular reason other than because it's a bit October-y and I like to...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Wednesday in GIF Form. And Händel. Because.

Today, this is me: OK, fine. I'm perhaps not quite that cute. Nor as fluffy. But I'm...

September 11, 2014

“Miserere” by Henryk Górecki

In the past, I have written about the terrible tragedy memorialized today. As the years...

September 10, 2014

The Science Behind Repetitive Music

Extreme susceptibility to earworms is a fact of life for me. As it is for...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Because Sometimes You Just Want To Be Blown Away

This should do the trick. I'm not a huge solo violin guy, myself. But I...

August 12, 2014

“Classical Music-Minded Pieces” from The New Yorker

Via NPR's "Deceptive Cadence" blog, a veritable treasure trove of "delicious classical music-minded" long-form writing from...

August 07, 2014

SongExploder № 15: Brian Reitzell and “Watch Dogs”

Hrishikesh Hirway's "SongExploder," which I discovered through the crazy folks at MaximumFun.org, is one of my regular podcast stops. Described...

August 05, 2014

CPE FTW!

This is a fantastic playlist. Also, a reminder: While there are occasionally new things under...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Parked By the Jukebox with Great Big Sea’s “Heart of Hearts”

Great Big Sea is great big fun. They've been described as a "Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador,...

July 22, 2014

No Commentary Necessary — “Doug Wood” Edition

The following comments are offered without irony (if not entirely without guilt): That's musician Doug Wood performing...

July 16, 2014

Whistling My Way Across Wyoming’s Steppes

I'm a whistler. And I've been a whistler for just about as long as I...

July 10, 2014

Ear Worm Alert: Ola Gjeilo’s “Seven Eight”

I've written about contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo in the past, and I'm sure I will...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

A Whole Lotta Mozart

As I have frequently remarked in the past -- so frequently that my regular reader(s) doubtless...

June 17, 2014

Copland’s Old American Songs

Love these. That phrase could be interpreted either as a (grammatically questionable) description of my...

June 05, 2014

Music To Write/Work By

I wrote this post about a year-and-a-half ago. Way back in the earliest stages of...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

C.P.E. and the Transverse Flute

Today's shaping up to be a data-mining/data-compiling/mail-merging kind'o'day. In other words, an "I Must Listen To...

May 21, 2014

In Honor of All Those Celebrating Academic Achievements

A thematically-appropriate (and highly celebratory) musical selection for those looking back on a recent (or...

May 15, 2014

A Violinist, a Pianist, and a Composer Walked Into a Bar

And it was awesome. (Why? What were you expecting me to say?) The violinist is the legendary...

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