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A Different Point of View
April 25th, 2016 · Comments Off on A Different Point of View
Ptooey
April 18th, 2016 · Comments Off on Ptooey
A song about the universe.
Music for Viola and Keyboard
December 14th, 2015 · Comments Off on Music for Viola and Keyboard
I’ve written a number of pieces for viola and keyboard, mostly because the violist David Gold is willing to play them. I plan to write one for each letter of the alphabet (“A Grim Reckoning” doesn’t count). So far, these are the titles: A Grim Reckoning Doze Kibosh Lullabilious Nocebo Onus Parget Qualm Respite Stint […]
A Leaf
May 19th, 2015 · 3 Comments
A brief round, after Remy de Gourmont.
Songs
April 20th, 2015 · 5 Comments
Here, if anyone is interested, is an alphabetical list of my songs. It includes art songs, cabaret songs, songs from shows, choral works, and everything else. Except, of course, for all the ones that I wrote and later threw out. Agnosticize [TTBB] Alba (Ezra Pound) [SAT] Alphabet Amerigo and Isabella Anecdote (Jean de La Fontaine, […]
The Providence Sessions
April 14th, 2015 · Comments Off on The Providence Sessions
I played keyboard on this album by the Town Street Criers, a band composed of Doug Roesch and Ruslan Pantaev, both on vocals and guitars. We were joined by Martin Zeigler (lap steel), Marshall Wood (bass), and Vincent Pagano (drums). You can pick up a copy here.
Anomalous Music
March 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on Anomalous Music
I will be presenting three programs of “Anomalous Music” at the Morbid Anatomy Museum. They will be in the form of informal talks, with musical examples on keyboard. Wednesday, March 25: Music from the Ultraterrestrials; music attributed to fairies, banshees, trowies, gnomes, ghosts, aliens, and other supposedly nonhuman creatures. Selections include fairy tunes from Norway […]
A Few Essential Principles
January 26th, 2015 · Comments Off on A Few Essential Principles
A song about the few essential principles that guide our nation.
Film Crew
January 19th, 2015 · 2 Comments
A song deploring the existence of film crews.
Birthday Show 2015
January 12th, 2015 · 2 Comments
Every year, I do a show around my birthday (January 7th). This year, I turned 60, and celebrated the aging at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theater on January 10. Doug Roesch and Ralph Hamperian joined me, on guitar and tuba respectively. We played a program of my songs and instrumental music, with a couple of covers. I’m […]