The Good Years: 1900-1914 (Unabridged) is available as a digital audiobook from Audible.com. The title, provided by “Blackstone Audio, Inc.” and authored by Walter Lord, has also become an American Consumer News favorite.. The digital audiobook The Good Years: 1900-1914 (Unabridged), narrated by Noah Waterman, has received an average rating of 5 stars on Audible.com. [...]
Jean-Marie Zeitouni Glancing at the website for the new Columbus performing organization, Opera Project, which I introduced in yesterday’s post, I see that the inaugural event conflicts with an inaugural event of sorts for the Columbus Symphony, the first in a series of concerts, led by our promising new Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, at the [...]
We all know public funding for the arts is hard to come by in the US, certainly more so than in Europe. And that recent economic downturns have made getting funding that much harder. So I think it’s pretty good news that the development director of the Columbus Symphony announced a strong increase in the [...]
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Here’s a primer on getting the best and most from the fleeting and fabulous strawberry season now underway in Southern California. The most popular and Vitamin C-rich berry in the world, the strawberry comes in 600 varieties, both wild and cultivated. This seedy rose relative is not only recommended for decreasing systolic blood pressure, dulling a [...]
It’s been quite a long time since I’ve blogged. Why? Many reasons. I lost my love and interest for blogging somewhere around March 2009. But I blogged for quite some time after that because one of my friends wanted me to and then I promised something to another. Along came my Tum Karo To Chamatkaar [...]
In our Tuesday Composition Corner, we are now discussing the elements of a good melody. Last week, we talked about melody contour. This week we’ll talk about the 2nd principle of constructing a good melody: a good motive. 2. A good melody has one interesting motive (and sometimes a few more). A motive is a short [...]
I want to download music for my iPod. iTunes is too expensive. I want to subscribe to a site, not pay per song. Is there an easy to use website w/ a large collection of music that I download from? I want it to be legal (no viruses), so NOT limewire. would rhapsody work? could [...]
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In a recent Composition Corner post, I talked about 5 problems that students often have when writing melodies or writing pieces. Today, I would like to start to give you some general components of a good melody so that you can be better equipped to evaluate the melodies of your students. Keep in mind that [...]
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