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What’s the score?
From time to time we musicians struggle with interpreting the symbols on a page of music. It can feel like a mysterious secret language. Which gets me to thinking about the who, what, when, where, and why of musical notation. Much of our music notation system got its start in European monasteries in the 9th…
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Is he dead?
When you attend a classical concert you are often given a booklet that lists the order of performance that evening, as well as some notes on the composers, pieces, and performers. My students prepared a beautiful booklet of program notes for their June recital. In the weeks leading up to the recital we talked about…
