Howdy, y’all! MMN is currently in Austin, TX, where, yes, it is hot! I’m here attending Netroots Nation, a conference for political bloggers. Of course, …
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Yesterday on NPR’s Fresh Air, I heard an interview with singer and composer Theo Bleckmann, a German native who moved to New York in 1989 …
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Cross-posted at the Detroit Symphony Blog. Sometimes before I go to an orchestra concert, I think to myself, “I should listen to a recording of …
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Cross-posted at the Detroit Symphony Blog, because I am so famous and in demand! 😀 If you’re superstitious, you probably already have your lucky rabbit’s …
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Ian from Australia wrote in asking about a popular song based on a melody from an organ concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns. He had heard the …
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I’m back after a few days off from blogging! I needed a little breather after completing the NaBloPoMohttp://missmusicnerd.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=292&message=1&_wp_original_http_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fmissmusicnerd.wordpress.com%2F challenge, and of course McDoc and I …
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NaBloPoMo Day 31! I made it — woot! Well, fame, at least. Sorta. You’ve gotta start somewhere! 😉 Last fall while I was in the …
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NaBloPoMo Day 30! I realized recently that I really need to remedy a particular gap in my musical knowledge: I can tell when a rhythm …
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One of my favorite stories from music history concerns the audience reaction at the première of Igor Stravinsky‘s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite …
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NaBloPoMo Day 28! I was just reading the Composers Datebook (like a good little Music Nerd 😉 ) and I noticed that today is the …
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