A Mozart Crossword Puzzle . I think I made it moderately difficult. Click to enlarge . It's an 8.5x11 image if you want to print it out...

Through the years since his death in 1791 the image of Mozart has worn many masks: the traditionalist, the avant-garde, the idiot-savant, t...

The point of Figaro  is not that the Count repents, or that contrition is a virtue. The point is not that he is forgiven, nor even that...

Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est. One of the most brilliant and  bafflingly simple moments of music and an example of Bach...

with apologies to Dr. Seuss Would you sing it on a boat? Would you sing it on a float? Would you sing it in a theater? Would you sing it i...

an inquiry into anecdotal evidence It is an annual goal of mine to attempt, throughout a year, to observe one particular idea in detail th...

Having just "unfollowed" someone on Twitter for the first time I thought I would share a few thoughts on what drove me to unfollo...

Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven greatly admired George Frederick Handel. That ought to be enough to convince the rest of us, no? It does not...

A gift is a beautiful thing. Whether of congratulation, commemoration, celebration, or thanks, a gift reflects a bond between people. The g...

In this year's Thanksgiving list, thanks for inherited wisdom, some if it wrought from philosophical rigor and some culled from simple...