February 3rd marks Felix Mendelssohn’s bicentennial. Yesterday’s NY Times ran an interesting piece speculating on reasons this occasion has not inspired the usual torrent of new CD releases surrounding famous composers’ birthday celebrations; you can read it and see related articles here. Quiet birthday notwithstanding, I have seized upon this milestone to expose my [...]
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There is no real excuse for the neglect I’ve shown my blog these last weeks. At first I decided I must be uninspired—a disconcerting notion, as I usually have not one, but several ideas for posts banging around in my head when I sit down to write. But then I decided I might just be [...]
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