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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Save a Dollar

June 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment

A melancholy tune for tuba and piano, performed with Ralph Hamperian at the Jalopy Theater, June 23, 2012.

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Philosophy: The Last Phase

June 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Philosophy: The Last Phase

A round, on a piquant excerpt from Benjamin De Casseres.

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Though

June 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on Though

A thoughtful round on life’s eternal verities.

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The Pigeon

May 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Pigeon

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Beside the Sea

May 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment

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String Quartet 7: Violas

May 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment

The seventh string quartet is for four violas. Here’s the beginning of the second movement, based on a theme I heard in a dream. In the dream, I was singing it with these words: “Oh, dear, you’ll never understand; you’ll keep on for that undiscovered land.” I suppose that is what I do.  If this […]

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Flywheel

April 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment

In 1976, I joined Michele Larsson for a performance by her nascent company Flywheel.  I had forgotten about it until I turned up this program.

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Twelve

April 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Twelve

One of my infrequent forays into serialism.  For another, look here.

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The Moron

April 16th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Moron

A melancholy round, based on a traditional quatrain.

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Cinderella’s Glass Eye

April 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on Cinderella’s Glass Eye

“Cinderella’s Glass Eye” is a bit of fairy tale music, scored for tuba and piano.  There is a story to go with it; here it is.  (Some readers have complained that the images are too small; let me remind them, gently, that you can enlarge a thumbnail by clicking on it.) And here’s the brooding […]

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