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Tag: music

the problem with music: a preamble in expectation of a response

Posted on 10 February 201127 March 2011 by mira

I’ve got to put my cards on the table here.  Finally.  I’ve let my collaborator-extraordinaire do all the music-talking, and I’ve sat in the shadows and nodded (frequently without comprehension) and watched — and mostly listened.  Sometimes I’ve even heard.  The fact is, I can’t believe I agreed to this contract we have at all….

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gregorian chant, jesus fulfilling prophecy, and easy listening

Posted on 28 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

Last Sunday’s “Kaddish” recording (kaddish_2010.12.19_veniEmmanuel) explores and tests how the nusach of “Kaddish” blends into Gregorian chant; see “a musicological view of kogan’s ‘kaddish’” and commentary passim for discussion. Historical analysis As I mentioned in the analysis, in Gregorian chant we see Catholic monks blending the Judeo- into the -Christian of the Judeo-Christian tradition. All…

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a musicological view of kogan’s “kaddish”

Posted on 20 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

A musicological analysis of Kogan’s “Kaddish”; looking at the composition from a music historical and theoretical point of view.

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recent “kaddish” recordings

Posted on 18 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

Recent recordings have included Kaddishim for Elizabeth Edwards, Mark de Lemos, human rights, lost innocence, Terry Dobson, Bob LaBrie and microtonal, jazz, and lullaby interpretations.

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on emotions in performance

Posted on 4 December 20109 February 2016 by erin

It’s time to make an attempt at unraveling the conundrum of emotions and musical performance.

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kaddishim for preemption, el akarib, & monotony

Posted on 3 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

recent kaddishim address questions of musical expression, tragic events in El Akarib, and the cold solitude of musical labor

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news on our virtual, asynchronous minyan

Posted on 1 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

For our purposes, the “minyan” is our community of listeners. But we’re not all Jewish. (So far we’re all adults.) We don’t gather physically but virtually, by internet. And we don’t gather at the same time, exactly—we’re asynchronous.

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recent kaddishim

Posted on 27 November 201023 March 2011 by erin

descriptions of kaddish recordings from 18-26 November 2010

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optimism in the face of reason, or: another kaddish for new orleans

Posted on 24 November 201023 March 2011 by erin

Mira wrote about having a grudge against optimism in a recent essay that has left me wandering lost in my own mind. See, I agree with just about everything she wrote. I largely agree with her worldview. But I am a persistent optimist. I am an optimist in the face of considerable clear evidence that optimism is irrational.

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a kaddish on natural horn

Posted on 15 November 20109 February 2016 by erin

So yesterday I decided to try appealing to the historian in Mira, by playing the whole thing on natural horn. I did today’s take on natural horn, demonstrating the origins of the stopped horn sound. I used a Seraphinoff “Halari” model natural horn with the F crook and played “Kaddish” in the usual key.

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