I don’t want to seem like a conservative purist, a strict prescriptionist, a myopic naysayer, or a jerk, but when it comes to music—and let’s face it, lots of things—I have a hard time swallowing inauthentic combinations, such as a philharmonic orchestra playing pop tunes, or an opera singer imitating Billie Holiday, or a Norwegian [...]
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the true of music
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, music, travel on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
odetta
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biography, death, feminism, human rights, music, women writers on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you get a chance, watch this wonderful 20 minute video in the New York Times on civil rights folk singer, Odetta, who died this week: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20081203_odetta.html
chopin dancing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music on December 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sounds: Chopin nocturnes played by Maurizio Pollini on piano Sights: candle burning in an antique lotus holder that my grandmother gave me; the advent wreath with orange candles that Jens and I arranged yesterday on the coffee table; the salad I prepared tonight; the branches of dried berries arranged in a vase; my slippers; Smells: [...]
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