Herfstgeneurie – Opus 35 – music by Cath van Rennes ; words by Willem Kloos ; illustration Theo Goedvriend. 1900. [Via BibliOdyssey]
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From the monthly archives:
November 2006
The art and craft of appraising, critiquing, and suggesting improvements to a piece of music in progress by a student composer has become a new experience for me after watching the blunt, insensitive, and sometimes right but sometimes just for entertainment critiques offered up by the panel on American Idol or Tim from Project [...]
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“Gates of Eden” is a great early Dylan song and one I’ve always loved to play. I was interested to hear the four very different versions of this song, all sung by Dylan. Folk music changes over time, as much music that is passed down aurally is. But Dylan puts his music through some filter [...]
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I’m old enough to remember when this came out.
I can imagine her in the recording studio–– half glasses with diamond rhinestones, incredulously squinting at the sheet music someone provided her, not quite sure what to do with these peculiar syncopations.
I remember her “cover” (more like ‘duck and cover’) of Petula Clark’s “Downtown” which was just [...]
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Here is a respectful and spirited cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” David Lee Roth looks exceptionally fit in his cartoon-like performance. The guitar solos are downright naughty and as sexy as Roth’s body movements. The bratty scream, originally heard on the Kinks’ original, is aped perfectly when the chord moves up a [...]
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Yesterday in my music theory class I “introduced” chords. These are smart students, so of course they know their basic triads. I still feel compelled to not take anything for granted and re-introduce them one by one, explaining them as carefullly as possible, with great enthusiasm.
All triads are made up of three notes, and in [...]
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Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum’s ex-organist is in court fighting for the ownership of his solo in the group’s famous hit single “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” The song was originally written by Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid. The contention is that because Mr. Fisher played and composed the famous organ solo at the opening, [...]
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Video: Underneath the Harlem Moon – The Brown Sisters
This just in from Weirdo Video. The Brown Sisters sing “Underneath the Harlem Moon.”
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(Old Ravel)
Take a few minutes out of your busy day and spend a few minutes with one of the most gorgeous moments in piano concerto history. It is the 2nd movement of Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto. I feel an affinity with this movement. It is perhaps at the heart of my take on tonality as [...]
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Out Magazine will feature a list of 100 most important gay people of 2006 in their upcoming December 2006 issue and will of course include Rufus Wainwright who gets the “Entertainer of the Year” award.
In its special December issue, Out recognizes the 100 most influential people in gay culture with a special list spanning categories [...]
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