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Brahms’ harmonic exercise
It was during the summer of 1858 that Brahms met Agathe von Seibold. He had gone to visit Ise Grimm …
Following the crowd
“The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is …
A pen and a hen
“A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, in an interview with …
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 …
Gershwin and Ravel
Ravel, touring America in 1928, was approached by George Gershwin for composition lessons. Ravel refused, stating “you would only lose …
Smooth jazz finds new way to reach audiences
With shifts in the commercial music industry away from smooth jazz, musicians are finding new niches for smooth jazz such …
Lullaby
Title: Lullaby Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: Piano Product medium: PDF score Related products: – Lullaby (mp3) SAMPLE:
Einstein as a musician
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my …
Mozart’s magic ring
When Mozart was in Naples, he so impressed his audience that they suspected “musical sorcery”. They ordered him to play without …
Schumann on music
As to what concerns the knotty question in general of how far instrumental music may go in the representation of …
The progress of an artist
(“The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.” – T. S. Elliot, author Cited …
Abstraction X
Title: Abstraction X Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: Piano Product medium: PDF scoreRelated products: – Abstraction X (MP3) SAMPLE:
Accessibility for kids
Benjamin Britten wrote the score to Instruments of the Orchestra, which would become the concert work, Young Persons Guide to …
Music and identity
“The more anonymous music is, the less likely people will be to feel attached it and to feel the need …
Aim above the mark
“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction …

Abstraction X

Abstraction XIII

Abstraction XIV

Abstraction XVII

Abstraction XVIII

Big Business

Easy Street

I’ll Softly Sigh

Lullaby

Meditation II

Ode I

Ode II

One Week

Sleepy Bear

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

The Adventurer

The Battle of the Somme

The Rink

By Greg