It seems that as the world becomes more fragmented and in some ways quite hostile, there are increasingly those who are making tiny strides in their own way to improve civility and common decency. In her article, “Cultural Awakening: An Opportunity for Healing and Harmonizing” (Minnesota Star of the North, Vol. 36, No. 2), […]
It’s About the Phrase – Clapping
CJ Replay: John Stainer
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal book review, John Stainer: A Life in Music [Jeremy Dibble, author], by Stephen Town.) “Any study of the Victorian musical world and the later nineteenth century sooner or later brings one into contact with John Stainer. A towering figure in the field of Anglican church music and […]
Saturday Respite: A Taste Treat
One is well aware of the Reason for this Season. The candy is just a plus (at least now that Lend is over . . . Yum!)
Saturday Respite: A New Way to Pass Piano Minimums
I have enough problems with my fumbly fingers on the 88-toothed monster. Now THIS guy . . .
CJ Replay: Choral Music of Holst
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “The Shorter Works of Gustav Holst,” by Elmer Schock.) Holst’s choral music comprises both large and small works. The Hymn of Jesus is probably his best known larger work; it was written in 1917 with’ a text from his own translation of the Apocrypha and was […]