“Shrubs and Bushes” is a set of four short pieces for orchestra. As I recall, I chose the title for its decorative associations. I wrote it for my high school orchestra back in 1972, when I was 17. I had already written a piece for strings, and orchestrated a piano piece by Turina to learn […]
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Shrubs and Bushes
April 17th, 2013 · Comments Off on Shrubs and Bushes
Not Much to Brag About
March 21st, 2013 · Comments Off on Not Much to Brag About
Materialism and humanism are celebrated here. That’s what we have to work with, after all.
Merdrigal
March 12th, 2013 · 2 Comments
A round on a quatrain by Léon-Paul Fargue, in my translation.
Laughter
February 20th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Government Without Religion
January 18th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Bread and Honey
January 9th, 2013 · 1 Comment
This is a very earnest song; and this is how it begins.
Dr. Quack
January 8th, 2013 · 3 Comments
A round, based on verses that accompany a children’s card game from the ’30s. And here’s the game itself…
The Wishing Well
January 1st, 2013 · Comments Off on The Wishing Well
This little song sometimes had a place in the puppet shows I did with Michael Smith back in the ’90s.
Shofar Bells
December 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Shofar Bells
“Shofar Bells,” an arrangement of “Jingle Bells” for shofar and viola, can be heard over at the Holiday Recording Party site. Meg Reichardt’s annual holiday album is a Brooklyn tradition; I’m happy to participate. As is traditional, it was written the night before, and recorded during a marathon session among children, dogs, alcohol, food, and […]