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Beethoven’s handwriting
Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1786-1868) was a composer who wanted lessons with Beethoven. Beethoven would only look at his …
The spice of music
“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must …
The excitement of all possibilities
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of all possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of …
Ode to Music and Moonlight
We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; …
Work joyfully and peacefully
If you will become possessed of this faith you will not need to bother about your success or failure, for …
Big Business
Title: Big Business (silent film soundtrack) Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: Piano Product medium:PDF score (31 pages) BACKGROUND: Film: Directors: James …
Glenn Gould on recording
Pianist Glenn Gould discussed the recording process with Yehudi Menuhin completing the playback of a Bach gigue: Now, Yehudi, you’ve …
Lullaby
Title: Lullaby Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: Piano Product medium: PDF score Related products: – Lullaby (mp3) SAMPLE:
How we decorate space and time
“Art is how we decorate space; music is how we decorate time.” Jean-Michel Basquiat, street artist
Oysters and champaign before a concert
“Sibelius and his wife Aino were in Gothenburg for a concert, the composer disappeared shortly before he was due to …
The potential of music to spread peace
A German proverb says: Bose Menschen haben keine Lieder (bad men don't sing) . It is not impossible that out …
A performance can be greater than them
I remember a few years ago being at a summer academy in the south of France, with Dominique Merlet. The …
The origin of the interval
Plays in the Jacobean period (16th century England) were divided into acts to enable the theatre company to manage the …
Part of Your World
“Any Broadway musical would be lucky to include a single number this good.” — Janet Maslin, in The New York Times …
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
American composer John Bratton wrote the music for "Teddy Bear's Picnic" in 1907. It was first published by M. Witmark …

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