Music

. Again Sir Charles Hallé plays Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata for Henri–Montan Berton and Luigi Cherubini, Paris, ca. 1835 The two...

. The Snare Drummer’s Plight The highlight of the evening is Bolero. The snare drummer begins the famous beat, the...

. . Five Rose Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Alan Orsborn . The Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke...

. . Download "Longfellow's Bridge" on your favorite music app HERE. . Longfellow’s Bridge (Lyrics) lyrics by Gunny Markefka, inspired...

. Under the Umbrella inspired by “Le Parapluie” (“The Umbrella”) by Georges Brassens (1921-1981) Rain fell in waves throughout the...

. The Harmonies of Holst While doing errands, driving roundabout, I listen to the classic music station. An orchestra plays...

. The Figure Skater Across the frozen way, stamping, sprinting, faster as hurried steps display something that she'll master her...

. Herman the Cripple A body helpless in deformity Was mine, though loving parents carried me Full seven years in...

. Music by Jeff Eardley . Look Homeward, Sweet Afton after Robert Burns Look homeward, Sweet Afton, back to thy...

. The Devil’s Trill I.     A heavy meal and three glasses of port Weighed down Tartini when at length...

. Lyrics and vocals by Evan Mantyk / guitar by Jeff Eardley . The CCP Song (CCP: Chinese Communist Party)...

. Musician and SCP poet Jeff Eardley performs the traditional Irish tunes "The Tenpenny Bit" and "Kesh Jig" in honor...

. An Idyll at the Local Diner There is this place where you can get a fill And top your...

. Old Clem In his novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens refers to a song sung by blacksmiths at the forge...

. A Musical Offering When Bach arrived at Sanssouci, King Frederick said, “Sir, you must be tired. My fortepianos may...

. Christmas Medley performed by Jeff Eardley . . Absent Friends The Christmas lights are twinkling on the houses all...

. Author/Composer’s Note: The noël, Il est Né le Divin Enfant (“He is Born, the Divine Christ Child”) is one...

. Whence Come You, Shepherdess? . Translator's Note: “D’où Viens-tu, Bergère” was one of a number of old songs and...

. Fugal Harmonies Softly chanted serpentinous neumes, melodic levitation, heavenbound, monotonal meditative sound; a capella in medieval rooms. Then Bach,...

. It Was Only a Winter’s Tale based on David Essex's classic 1982 Christmas song The nights are ever short...

. Pythagoras, Man of Music Pythagoras was of mathematical mind. No matter where he went, he’d often find Relationships to...

. . Music by Jeff Eardley . . The Return to Ithaca by Brian Yapko This shall not be forever,...

. Revolution Puckish Schoenberg, bored with Bach now assaults the tonic scale, pounding (his a frontal shock), on Mozart's coffin,...

. The Navy by Paul Fort (1872-1960) translated by Joshua C. Frank We find them all again in brief In...

. Paths —Inspired by “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” (see below) by Gulzar from the film: Aandhi, 1975 Sheer multitudes...

. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and...

. Village Home after George Enescu's Orchestral Suite no. 3, “Villageoise” Along the tree-lined lane he walks at dusk; What...

. Writers of the Purple Sage What happened to the music? The writers of the West? The legends of the...

. A Madrigal Setting Music composed by James A. Tweedie for William Shakespeare's "Come Away" from Twelfth Night. Words by...

. A Deeper Scaly Screed "'Rich Men North of Richmond' is a passionate screed against the state of the country...

. . Tucson Sunday Morning Chorus: Tucson Sunday morning, See the sage brush come alive. Gold upon the Rincons, Catalina...

. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...

. The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll The landing offered just the space required for Wagner and the band...

. To Music Oh, Music, wherein lies your wondrous power To pierce the barren heart and open wide Joy's floodgate...

. Bach's Amazing Journey In the autumn of 1705, when Johann Sebastian Bach was 20, he set out to travel...

. On the Musical Language of Poetry In Defense of the Classical Style . by A.J. Illingworth The historical connection...

. Hymn I met Him on that Sunday afternoon I trod the Kentish cobbles through the streets Of Rochester past dwellings in the gloom...

. . The Shroud of Death The shroud of death’s night-shadow fled Before the dawning light of day; Unveiling tombs...

. "The Lark in the Morning" is a traditional Irish song performed on classical guitar by poet and professional musician...

. The Piano Student Glissandos flow like rivers from the keys, One by one, you slide with practiced skill And...