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The Monster Still Lives!, November 12, 2006
This weekend someone mentioned the "organ" down at Trinity Church here in New York City. It reminded me that I had written a Rampage around the time of that instrument's installation (see below). T...
What's a Poor Organist to Do?, October 18, 2006
Last week I subbed for a friend at a church that I'd never played at. I had basically two days to prepare the music, an hour with the organ on Sunday morning before the service, and I hadn't touche...
It's Been a While, October 12, 2006
It's been a while. Over six months, in fact. What happened? No, I wasn't kidnapped by agents of the International Musicological Society in a move to protest my last Rampage about an imaginary Bach ...
Interpretation Debate Heats Up!, April 1, 2006
The debate over the interpretation of music by a certain Baroque composer has intensified in recent weeks. On one side of the debate is a camp generally referred to as The Purists. On the other sid...
Freedom in the Balance, March 22, 2006
I found a worthwhile article in BusinessWeek, of all places, about creativity, specifically about its relationship with constraints. The writer of the article suggests that successful artistic (Mor...