[contextly_auto_sidebar] FOR reasons I don't entirely understand, I've had a harder time with vocal and choral music than most other sorts of classical music. The human voice is the first ostensibly musical instrument we ever hear -- why should it not strike strike my ear and naturally as the violin, cello or piano? In any case, I've tried to make up for it this year by seeing more … [Read more...]
Archives for June 18, 2017
Jan Swafford and Classical Music
[contextly_auto_sidebar] YOUR humble blogger is a longtime fan of the classical music writer Jan Swafford, ever since friend gave me his lucid and wise Vintage guide. Swafford, who's known for biographies of Beethoven, Brahms, and Ives, has just released The Language of the Spirit, an introduction of a different sort. I corresponded with the author for a piece on the LA Review of … [Read more...]