{"id":71,"date":"2016-01-02T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotemuse.com\/g\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2023-12-30T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:38:09","slug":"emotemuse-music-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Wedgebill Music, the home page of Greg Smith, Australian composer and pianist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><a title=\"Scores and Recordings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emotemuse.com\/m\/index.php\/en\/scores-and-recordings-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=3659\">Sheet music<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=390\">Recordings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMPOSITION SERVICES<br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=67\">Composition<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=60\">Arrangement &amp; Orchestration<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=69\">Transcription<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION AND RESEARCH<br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=82\">Tuition (piano, aural, harmony, analysis, music history)<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=82\">Analysis<\/a><br \/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=3757\"> Anecdotes<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=5015\">Articles, papers, and program notes<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=3761\">Quotes<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=82\">Research services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>COLLABORATIVE PIANO<\/strong><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=79\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Accompaniment and solo performance <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Latest Scores<\/h4>\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<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Latest recordings<\/h4>\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<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Latest anecodotes<\/h4>\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<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Latest Quotes <\/h4>\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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Wedgebill Music, the home page of Greg Smith, Australian composer and pianist. 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