15
Jul
The Tone Poem Ascendant
Most new works these days come with evocative titles and explicit extra-musical programs. Why?
8 min read
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17
Apr
In Defense of Dissonance
I sometimes find it unbearable to listen to Mozart. If his works are beautiful, it is a beauty of stability, of order. As below, so above: The tonic brings order to the notes; G-d brings order to the world.
It seems like a comforting thing to believe. I wish that I could.
9 min read
18
Mar
The Arrangers United
The gesture that stuck with me the most was a very simple one: At the beginning of Jerod Impichchaachaaha'
12 min read