Six Months

This weekend will mark six months since I started this blog.  I set a commitment for myself that I would give an honest effort for six months to see how it goes.  See if I had anything worth saying. If I had time to keep up the effort. If I still found it interesting to... Continue Reading →

We Will “Rach” You!

Earlier in the month I wrote about Alexander Scriabin, and how I was first introduced to his music by one of my best friends.  That article can be read on this blog, at “Scriabin the Mystic”.  Another favorite chunk of music I was first introduced to by my old buddy are the piano Preludes by... Continue Reading →

The Great Deaf One

Ludwig van Beethoven is famous for being one of the greatest composers that ever lived and probably equally famous for going deaf.  He slowly, torturously, went deaf over a period of 16-18 years in a process that increasingly alienated him from the people and world around him.  His likeness is immortalized in marble busts and... Continue Reading →

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