“Every great work of art has two faces: one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.”
— Daniel Barenboim.
Cited in: Barenboim, Daniel & Said, Edward (2002) Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society. New York: Pantheon Books.
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“Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.” – Charles M. Schwab, The Ten Commandments of Success
Diderot on good music“Good music is very close to primitive language.” Denis Diderot (Elements of Physiology, 1875)
Widmann on BrahmsWidmann, a Swiss poet, describes Brahms’ performing at the piano: The broad leonine chest, the Herculean shoulders, the mighty head which the player sometimes threw back with an energetic jerk, the pensive, handsome brow that seemed to radiate an inner illumination, and the Germanic eyes which scintillated with a wondrous fire between their fair lashes […]
I am the Lord your God – Psalm 80 (81)Title: I am the Lord, your God. Text: Psalm 80 (81): 10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: SATB and piano Product medium: PDF score and part Sample:
Mighty Like a MooseTitle: Mighty Like A Moose (silent film soundtrack) Composer Greg Smith Instrumentation: Piano Product medium: PDF score (34 pages) Background: Written by: Charley Chase & H. M. Walker Starring: Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Gale Henry, Charles Clary, Ann Howe, Malcolm Denny Directed by: Leo McCarey Film released: 1926 SAMPLE:
Page turning for BeethovenIgnaz Xaver Seyfried was asked to turn pages for Beethoven in a performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto (5 April 1803). He recalled: In the playing of the concerto movements he asked me to turn the pages for him; but – heaven help me! – that was easier said than done. I saw almost nothing […]
It’s my apartment and I’ll play if I want toProkofiev and his family moved into a small top floor-apartments in Paris. Prokofiev spent much time practicing a revised version of his second piano concerto (which was to be premiered 8 May 1924). The apartment manager demanded that Prokofiev cease playing. His wife Lina recalled Prokofiev’s response: All right then, you don’t want to hear […]
A good performanceA good performance is one that moves me. But it is not only the passion and emotion expressed in a performance that move me, it is also allowing the clarity of the structure, as well as the different characters, to shine through, a well-judged balance, a sense of architecture of the whole piece and, at […]
Glory and Praise For Ever – Dan 3Title: Glory and praise for ever Text: Dan 3:52-56. R. v.52 Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: Cantor, SATB refrain, and organ Product medium: PDF score and parts SAMPLE:
It is best to do it well“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet