A music blog written by Rich Brown
I trust everyone still has all their fingers after a holiday weekend filled with fireworks and fun. The weekend may be over, but our month-long exploration of orchestra music from American composers will continue until the end of July. Today’s offering is the Symphony No. 1 by David Diamond (1915-2005), completed in 1940. Diamond is... Continue Reading →
Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), composer, modernist, iconoclast, experimenter and insurance salesman? It’s all true. The trailblazing Ives made his living as a very successful insurance salesman. Actually, some of his work in the financial field laid the foundation for modern practices in estate planning, and many of his business colleagues were surprised to find out... Continue Reading →
Every year in Dublin there is a celebration on June 16th called Bloomsday. James Joyce set the events of his novel Ulysses on June 16, 1904, and the main character’s name in the book is Leopold Bloom. Bloomsday evolved as a commemoration of the life of James Joyce and the events described in that great... Continue Reading →
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