Miserere, by Henryk Górecki
In 1994, when I was living and teaching in the Chicago area, one of my graduate students, a member of …Read the Rest
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Pending trombone legislation
I saw this on Trombone-L some time ago, chuckled, and deleted it. Now it has just come across another list, …Read the Rest
Jeux de cartes by Igor Stravinsky
After beginning his career as a very Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky became an international composer in at least two very …Read the Rest
Brass Bands of the American Civil War
I like to look around on YouTube from time to time. I recently typed “brass band” into the search engine, …Read the Rest
Jullien in America
Before the Civil War, at a time when the United States boasted only one financially stable concert orchestra and few …Read the Rest
Making sense of sonata form
People today with little or no musical training somehow “get” a 12-measure blues chorus or the standard song forms of …Read the Rest
An unexpected crossover: a rock guitarist plays opera
I will confess that I have never liked very much of the popular music of my lifetime. Once I got …Read the Rest
The beginnings of American concert music
The earliest American orchestras appear to have formed for a single concert. A little later, the larger cities saw the …Read the Rest
The vuvuzela: a new South African musical instrument (?!?)
With the World Cup taking place in South Africa, we can’t exactly say that soccer fever is sweeping the world. …Read the Rest
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