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Entries from September 2020

Index Cards (96)

September 24th, 2020 · 2 Comments

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Cries of Vendors

September 17th, 2020 · 2 Comments

A keyboard version of a bit of my String Quartet 15: harmonizations of two street vendors’ cries notated by Friedrich Weber in 1887.

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The Morning Walk

September 10th, 2020 · Comments Off on The Morning Walk

In this gripping tale, our hapless narrator tries to reconcile the competing demands of the cerebral and physical. Here’s the first part; the whole thing is slated for the next issue of the Black Scat Review. THE MORNING WALK It was a beautiful spring morning, so I decided to take a walk. The decision was […]

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String Quartet 16: Piano Pieces

September 1st, 2020 · 1 Comment

My 16th string quartet consists of arrangements of some of the piano music I’ve written over the years. Here’s “Radio Valentine,” written for a radio show in San Francisco long ago.

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