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From the monthly archives:
March 2006
Our final discussion session had two songs on the agenda: “Damned Ladies,” and “Oh What a World.”
I started the class by playing Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero.” “Bolero” is quoted toward the end of “Oh What a World.” I explained how the piece works, and identified the overall shape. I speculated that the opening tune “men reading [...]
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One of the great percs of being an academic, is having a sabbatical. In the University of California system, a Senate member is eligible for a sabbatical after teaching 9 terms at full salary.
So, beginning the Ides of March, I will be on sabbatical from teaching at UCLA for six months. I can’t wait. I [...]
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Having trouble coming up with a design for your thank you postcards? I have just the thing:
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One of my favorite composers is Maurice Ravel He is buried in Levallois Perret (West part of Paris, France) and his coffin is stacked (somehow) upon the rest of his family. I made a rubbing of the entire tombstone and cut out his name, leaving:
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This just in from Daniel Shiplacoff.
Omigod. Blooks.
A book serialized on a blog. Well, I seem to be doing that with my Rufus book already. And Teresina’s book on health is a regular. And curiouser and curiouser. And….
The History of Blooks by Tony Pierce
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I discovered basichip.com and his/her amazing musical offerings and found one Kenyon Hopkins an interesting and unknown composer from the 1950s and 60s. He was trained as a composer at Oberlin, was a son of a miinister (as I am), worked with Andre Kostelanetz, and was the chief composer and arranger for Radio City Music [...]
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Last night (3.10.2006) Juliana Gondek and Neal Stulberg premiered three of my transcriptions of Rufus Wainwright songs: “Damned Ladies,” “In a Graveyard,” and “Memphis Skyline.” Many were hearing Rufus for the first time and spoke highly of the songs: “now I understand why you are so obsessed!”
Several people said “I just can’t take hearing those [...]
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(A serial publication of the book, Ride 4 Your Life! on health and fitness by Teresina.)
I moved to NYC to make my way to the great stage. I danced, joined a gym and exercised hard. Aerobics was the craze and I was hooked. I loved the high, I loved the sweat, and I loved [...]
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