Monthly Archives: July 2012

We all associate impressionism with the French. That’s hardly surprising, nor is it inappropriate. The French more or less invented the stuff, after all. Those marvelous painters such as Monet and Renoir with their bewitching color combinations, luminous light, and … Continue reading →

Back in my freelancing/whore days I was hired to accompany a john cellist who had secured a one-night, one-set gig in a cocktail lounge. Aside from the oddity of a cello-piano duo in a cocktail lounge, the transaction impressed me … Continue reading →

Roy Harris's Third Symphony came into being in 1939. That might have been Hollywood's bonanza year, but for everybody else, times were tough. Hitler's murderous tentacles were stretching across Europe, Italy had gone Fascist, everybody was rightfully nervous about Stalin. … Continue reading →