{"id":6224,"date":"2021-08-05T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?page_id=6224"},"modified":"2025-01-28T21:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:28:22","slug":"emotemuse-the-home-of-greg-smith-australian-composer-and-pianist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?page_id=6224","title":{"rendered":"Emotemuse: The home of Greg Smith, Australian composer and pianist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Scores from Greg Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12474\">Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12455\">Love Letter (The Boys in the Boat)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12440\">The Great Collapse (The Boy and the Heron)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12432\">Sanctuary (The Boy and the Heron)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12425\">Master of the Tomb (The Boy and the Heron)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest recordings from Greg Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12497\">The Fox (New Year&#8217;s Day)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=5899\">Abstraction X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=5887\">Abstraction XVIII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=5864\">Abstraction XVII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=5775\">Meditation II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Latest anecodotes<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12469\">A duet under the bed<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It was in the eventful year, then, of 1813\u2014the year of &#8220;Il Figlio per Azzardo&#8221;, with its obbligato accompaniment for lamp-shades of &#8220;Tancredi&#8221; and of &#8220;L&#8217;Italiana in Algeri&#8221;\u2014that Rossini was\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12469\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A duet under the bed<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12421\">Imogen Cooper on a lesson with Alfred Brendel<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">He was a wonderful teacher. He is extremely articulate and very demanding. He made no concessions to my age. In my first lesson, I was playing a Schubert piano sonata,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12421\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Imogen Cooper on a lesson with Alfred Brendel<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12342\">A typical recital in England in 1897<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">John E. Borland described in a paper of June 1897: It was customary to commence with a Bach prelude and fugue (usually perverted from one intended for the organ), a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12342\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A typical recital in England in 1897<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12335\">A party piece<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Irish pianist and composer George Alexander Osburn (1806-93) was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and a director of the Philharmonic Society. One of his most popular compositions\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12335\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A party piece<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12317\">Rachmaninoff as a young student<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">From 1882, nine-year-old Rachmaninoff moved to St Petersburg to study at the conservatoire. In the comfortable knowledge that, even if he did not practice, his efforts were more successful than\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12317\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Rachmaninoff as a young student<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Quotes <\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12520\">Julius Asal on interpretation<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">On the one hand, I believe that to connect tradition and innovation is the most important thing to me personally. On the other hand, to explore the score and be\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12520\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Julius Asal on interpretation<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12516\">Julius Asal on pairing Scriabin with Scarlatti<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In 2024, Julius Asal released an album that interwove works of Scriabin and Scarlatti. He stated: &#8230;in finding a composer from another era who is totally different in style and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12516\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Julius Asal on pairing Scriabin with Scarlatti<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12514\">Julius Asal on the exploring darker emotions<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When I was younger I read a lot of Kafka and B\u00fcchner: I\u2019ve always been drawn to the darker side of things, and I think that part of the beauty\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12514\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Julius Asal on the exploring darker emotions<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12511\">To burn with desire<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">\u201cTo burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.\u201d \u2014 Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma A. Flores (ed.), Great\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12511\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: To burn with desire<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12463\">Habit is stronger than willpower or inspiration<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In writing, habit seems to be a stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. Consequently there must be some little quality of fierceness until the habit pattern of a certain\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=12463\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Habit is stronger than willpower or inspiration<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Scores from Greg Smith Latest recordings from Greg Smith Latest anecodotes Latest Quotes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12505,"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6224\/revisions\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}