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A Walking Tour Through Music
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Decca
I’m ashamed to admit it, but Benjamin Britten is a composer I managed to live most of my life without knowing really anything about. Chalk it up first to the anti-British bias there is in classical music overall. Which is strange, actually, because Britain is one of the strongest countries out there in terms of […]
Posted in: Short Posts, Treasures
Meet Michael Nyman
September 15, 2012
As we get back into the swing of things, today we’re reviving the “Treasures” category. The point of posts in this category is to share things that I have found on my journeys that are special, beautiful, or unexpected. In short, they’re true treasures that I have found that others may not be aware of. […]
Posted in: Treasures
Hello Old Friend, Hello New Friend
September 12, 2012
I said in Fermata that I expected to be posting again soon and today is as good a day as any. As I said there, one reason for this blog being on hold is because of an issue affecting my (rather large) music library. The short version of what happened is that in Spring 2011, I […]
Posted in: Memoir, Technology
Fermata
August 11, 2012
Fermata is Italian for “stop”. It’s used much like we use “stop” in English: a “bus stop” in Italian is a “fermata dell’autobus”. In music the “fermata” indicates a hold, generally at the discretion of the conductor. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything of substance here. Essentially, I’ve been quiet since the […]
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Thoughts on Spotify, Last.fm and Pandora
June 19, 2012
You may (or may not) have noticed that it’s been many months since my last update. I won’t bore you with details but suffice it to say that I’ve been separated from my music collection due to a catastrophic copying error that has sent me on a long-haul project to recopy all my CDs and […]
Posted in: Technology
The Future of Music
September 17, 2011
One thing I found when I was at Microsoft is that my work had affected a shift in focus in regards to technology. Because new things ALWAYS have security problems, my work as a security person really made me incredibly conservative and risk averse as regards new technology. In fact, I would joke when people […]
Posted in: Short Posts, Technology
Interesting Posting on Chinese Music
August 31, 2011
Rather serendipitous to my recent posting “A Tale of Two Cultures” comes this posting from the Chinese Language Learning site Chinese Pod. It’s a nice, VERY short overview of music in China that discusses the legends of the origins of music in China, the instruments, some music theory, and some notation. Certainly well worth the time to read […]
Posted in: Treasures
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