Two articles I stumbled upon this morning spurred some post-breakfast thinking on academia, specifically of the Classical variety. The firs...

Several weeks ago your humble blogger fell prey to some or other bacterial nastiness, so ill in fact that he couldn't read or write. ...

by Touch Press. 2012. Christmas comes early this year with another iOS app from Touch Press, who earlier this year brought us  Shakespeare...

Throughout most of the year, arguing for traditional Catholic liturgical music, chant, is a difficult task. You have to contend with in...

Directed by Sam Mendes. 2012. Spoilers within. Who could envy the director of a Bond film? Imagine having to integrate fifty years wor...

The meme to the right has popped up quite a bit over the last few days across. I think it is supposed to be some clever observation about i...

While I recently promised a return to my curmudgeonly self, it is Thanksgiving once again and so time for another list of gratitude . Th...

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. The Monteverdi Choir. Conducted by  Sir John Eliot Gardiner.  Carnegie Hall. November 17, 2012. ...

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The advent of musical notation facilitated the creation and performance of complex music. No longer was music limited to what could be ...