In the course of my miscellaneous musical reading, I found an article by the organist and composer Friedrich (or, in England, Frederic) Weber, “On Melody in Speech,” in the Feb. 1887 issue of Longman’s Magazine (pp. 399-410). Weber notated the pitches and rhythms of the cries of several animals (dogs, birds, donkeys), and added some […]
Entries from August 2020
String Quartet 15: On Melody in Speech
August 25th, 2020 · Comments Off on String Quartet 15: On Melody in Speech
An Afternoon in the Arboretum
August 18th, 2020 · 1 Comment
The world is none too rosy at the moment. I might as well write some piano music.
Black Scat Review 20
August 9th, 2020 · 4 Comments
The 2oth issue of “Black Scat Review” is now available from Black Scat Books! This one is devoted to black humor, 106 pages of it. I contributed a squalid fairy tale, “The Fisherman’s Wish,” a misanthropic song, “We Are Not a Pretty People,” and a translation of Alphonse Allais’s classically tasteless story “The Rajah Is […]
The Fisherman’s Wish
August 5th, 2020 · 2 Comments
From an upcoming issue of Black Scat Review, here’s the beginning of a story about a fisherman and the fish who promises him wishes. Unfortunately, fish with magical powers are not always trustworthy. THE FISHERMAN’S WISH The fisherman started out one bright morning, toting his rod and tackle. He was in a merry mood, […]