essays before a piano

"Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning." (Benjamin Franklin) Having had over one year to ponder the request, John...

A good definition of practicing would be simply «looking for Honest Sounds». When the finger meets the key in the right way, one that corres...

In a fractuous and specialized world, having a foot in several musical orientations is a complicated game. I spend my days somewhere betwe...

Here's a lovely article from Paul Theroux about what Thoreau thought about moose hunting. and... from The Maine Woods , Henry David Tho...

From « Loving Schumann » by Roland Barthes: Schumann is very broadly a piano composer. Now the piano, as a social instrument (and ever...

Winter 1994 in Boston. I'm sitting in a classroom at the New England Conservatory of Music. I've taken an elective called Microton...

Last night I went to hear the Berliner Philharmonic play at the massive Hangar 2 at soon-to-be-shut-down Templehof Airport, the only airport...