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Entries from February 2009

Seeing Sound

February 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I came across this fascinating article online over the weekend:
Science Daily - Synesthesia

Synesthesia is a neurological condition that causes sounds or music to appear as colors.
The composer Michael Torke has had this condition all his life, and has even[more...]

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Classical Obscurities…so to speak

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

I was thinking this week about the fantastic pieces of music that are rarely heard, and why they aren’t. Specifically the work that inspired this line of questioning , is the SYmphony in E Major of Hans Rott. Rott was[more...]

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The World (of Music & Literature) According to Student Bloopers

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

As purported to have been written by actual students…

Bach was the most famous composer in the world, and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large. Bach died from 1750 to the[more...]

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