The ninth string quartet is for two violas and two cellos: a rondo (which includes a round, appropriately), a fervent andante, a moderato that shuttles between a minuet and a gavotte, and a tango. Here’s the first page:
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String Quartet 9: Violas and Cellos
July 9th, 2018 · 1 Comment
The Snowman Three Doors Down
March 21st, 2018 · 2 Comments
The Snowman Three Doors Down is now available from Black Scat Books! It has 24 stories! It’s 246 pages! Hapless characters slog through tangled plots and formal constraints in this bracing collection. Will the Chromatologist find the shade of green that identifies the adulterous cosplayer? Will a group of tipsy scholars discover the secret to […]
String Quartet 8: The Music of the Spheres
March 4th, 2018 · 3 Comments
Athanasius Kircher gave a brief realization of the music of the spheres in Musurgia Universalis (1650). Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars correspond to the soprano; the sun to the alto; Venus, Mercury, and the moon to the tenor; and the earth to the bass. I expanded his four measures to a hundred. He suggested that the […]
String Quartet <1: Ah Youth
February 25th, 2018 · Comments Off on String Quartet <1: Ah Youth
My less-than-first string quartet collects a few pieces from my teens that I thought worth saving. Here, for example, is a rollicking polytonal number I wrote when I was 16 (recopied for legibility).
Le Scat Noir 232
February 1st, 2018 · Comments Off on Le Scat Noir 232
The February issue of Le Scat Noir awaits you! This one contains the latest page of my musical instrument drawings, my story “The Snowman Three Doors Down,” and many other delights by other people! You can find it here.
The Snowman Three Doors Down
January 14th, 2018 · Comments Off on The Snowman Three Doors Down
To whet your appetite, here’s the beginning of the title story from my upcoming collection, The Snowman Three Doors Down. It entwines several subplots, and is the only story I’ve written that uses prosopagnosia as a comic device. THE SNOWMAN THREE DOORS DOWN “What’s that picture doing here?” Brick asked, indicating a photo on the […]
String Quartets
January 2nd, 2018 · Comments Off on String Quartets
So far, I’ve written eighteen string quartets, although some are still not quite finished. Here are some descriptions. <1: AH YOUTH. A few pieces from my teens that I thought worth saving. 1: EDDIE UNCHAINED. A suite drawn from my ventriloquial musical of that name. 2: ROUNDS. Four rounds. 3: ARETINO IN SOLRÉSOL. Five erotic […]
Le Scat Noir 231
December 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on Le Scat Noir 231
You can now purchase the latest issue of Le Scat Noir, that being #231 (the Encyclopaedia counts as #230). It contains many funny and delightful things, including my drawings of imaginary musical instruments. It’s over here. A good way to start out the new year!
Le Scat Noir Encyclopaedia
December 4th, 2017 · 3 Comments
Le Scat Noir Encyclopædia offers “All human knowledge in a single volume.” It contains entries from Acrostic to Zwine, and features contributors from around the world—some of whom are distinguished professors at prestigious universities. Others are Nobel Prize winners, while a few have been arrested on felony charges. Discover rare factoids, flash fiction, nubile moon […]
Spillover
November 28th, 2017 · 2 Comments
Some more piano music. The opening arpeggio kept nagging at me, so I finally spun it out further.