The Road More Traveled

The great poet Robert Frost suggested that choosing the road less traveled can make all the difference.  For some, that is just not an option.  Take the life of a professional cello soloist.  There just isn't the same large body of repertoire for the cello that there is for, say, a violin or piano.  As... Continue Reading →

Transcription, Recomposition and Reimagining

I wrote a little on what my idea of Good Music is in a recent post about Nina Simone.  That idea is at the center of what this blog is about.  Another notion I expressed in the “About” page of Good Music Speaks, is the thought that the musical experience is ultimately a three part... Continue Reading →

College Albums 1 : Glenn Gould

I have this image in my head of three albums that were almost required of a college student in the early 1960’s.  Albums that were essential to a resident of a dormitory at one of the universities on the east coast of the United States.  There was so much great music in the sixties, but... Continue Reading →

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