Trauermarsch

“Heavens, what is the public to make of this chaos in which new worlds are forever being engendered, only to crumble into ruin the next moment? What are they to say to this primeval music, this foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound, to these dancing stars, to these breathtaking, iridescent, and flashing breakers?” Gustav Mahler,... Continue Reading →

Gustav Mahler’s Fifth World

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is one of my all-time favorite composers.  Like my mentor, I sort of have to be in the right mood for all the serious and stormy emotion of Mahler’s music.  When I am ripe for the experience, nothing is quite as cathartic as cranking the speakers up to a window rattling volume... Continue Reading →

Something Blue and Borrowed

Well the podcasting bug struck again.  This time I was inspired by all the places you hear the chord progression that makes up the twelve bar blues.  The blues is a sound that has been borrowed and incorporated into a variety of genres of music.  I try to point out and follow a few examples... Continue Reading →

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