To those who wish to get to know these priceless works [i.e. Bach's cantatas] in bulk, [Albert] Schweitzer's advice is invaluable---...

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh. 2011. *Spoiler Warning* The structure of Contagion  must have scared a few producers. Nothing else can ex...

In our first look at sacred music last month we discussed some concrete principals and why they functioned as the essence of good sacred m...

Sometimes my lists spiral into large projects. This is not one of those times. I offer only one word of clarification, that I restricted my...

Aristotle and the Neuroscientists The NY Times is running psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker's review of the new book, "Will...

– J. S. Bach. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV.582 For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of t...

The other day we spoke of sibling themes throughout Mozart's oeuvre. Since you will be deprived of my review of the finale concert to th...

Welcome to Part III of our series on the rhetoric of American presidential inaugural addresses. Feel free to take a peek at the previous ...

We have discussed the wonderful structural features of Mozart's music many times in this space. From fugues and fugatos, canons, themes ...