The new expanded edition of Merde à la Belle Époque is now available from Black Scat Books! I’ve selected, translated, annotated, and introduced scatological songs, stories, poems, and playlets from some of the most inventive and eccentric writers of the golden age of Parisian Bohemia: Alphonse Allais, George Auriol, Georges Courteline, Charles Cros, J. Eschbach, […]
Entries from September 2022
Merde à la Belle Époque: Expanded Edition
September 26th, 2022 · Comments Off on Merde à la Belle Époque: Expanded Edition
Yet
September 20th, 2022 · Comments Off on Yet
A lively piece all in the treble register, for sopranino recorder, piano, and desk bell. “Yet” is a word with many meanings; among other things, it’s the antonym of “not yet.”
The Accursed Cherub
September 13th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Accursed Cherub
For the upcoming new edition of Merde à la Belle Époque, here’s some early Rimbaud. This poem has been translated before, but this may be the first attempt in rhyming verse. And I was careful to preserve Rimbaud’s alternation of masculine and feminine rhymes as well. THE ACCURSED CHERUB (Arthur Rimbaud, 1871) The roofs are […]
Hiatus
September 5th, 2022 · Comments Off on Hiatus
A quiet piece for Bb whistle and percussion. The Bb whistle is lower than the standard instrument in D; it’s like the viola to the D’s violin. No percussion sound is repeated.