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Composition
GREG SMITH Composer, arranger, and pianist Composer Greg Smith is an Australian composer and pianist based in New South Wales, …
Writing music is easier than words
"I would rather write 10,000 notes than one letter of the alphabet."' Beethoven. Letter, 28 November 1820. Cited in: Kelly, …
The first soundtrack: Snow White
The first soundtrack to be commercially released was Disney’s 1938 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The songs were …
First impressions of Schindler’s List
When renowned composer John Williams first watched a rough cut of Schindler’s List at director Steven Spielberg’s home in Los …
Saint-Saens on Bach and Mozart
“What gives Sebastian Bach and Mozart a place apart is that these two great expressive composers never sacrificed form to …
The two faces of art
“Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.” …
Up close and personal with Glenn Gould
A film has been made of the personal side of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould: During his lifetime Gould was often …
What Cage couldn’t stand
“John Cage once said he couldn’t abide the Dominant Seventh, and the saxophone.” Ned Rorem (2000) Lies: A Diary 1986-1999. …
Claude Debussy: Rêverie
Fromont published Rêverie years after Debussy had given it to them. By this time, Debussy’s opinion of it had changed: …
Claudio Arrau in Newcastle
While the Century Theatre in Broadmeadow (Australia) primarily operated as a cinema, it was also hosted concerts, including by the …
The effects of Brahms’ music
James Huneker, a critic with the New York Courier, wrote about the impact of Brahms’ music on him: Brahms dreams …
The piano as furniture
In the ninteenth century, the piano was not only regarded as a musical instrument but as a part of the …
The length of a rehearsal
Rachmaninoff completed his Third Piano Concerto at his summer estate at Ivanovka in September-October 1909. He then toured America, learning …
Tale
TITLE: Tale COMPOSER: Greg Smith INSTRUMENTATION: Bassoon and Piano PRODUCT MEDIUM: PDF score and part PRICE: $11.95 SAMPLES:
Steps
“There is no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.” Peter Cohen Cited at: QuotationBook

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