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Category Archives: Musicabilia
Holiday Repost: HAPPY HOLIDAYS – How this Carol Curmudgeon Ended Up Unwittingly Writing Three Seasonably Suited Carols Himself
(Originally posted last Christmas… Last Christmas … sniff… R.I.P. George Michael…) I plead guilty to being a bit of a Christmas Carol Grinch. OK, I used to be a BIG Christmas Carol Grinch, really loathing most carols and sometimes resorting … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Musicabilia, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged atheism, Baby Jesus, Beethoven, beTwixt beTween & beTWAIN, Caroling, Carols, Christianity, Christmas, Damascus, George Michael, Grinch, Holy Land, Innocents Abroad, Jerusalem, Last Christmas, Mark Twain, musical, Nazareth, Ode to Joy, Pilgrims, Sea of Galilee
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Holiday Flee Market in the Classic Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
This post features holiday music from the damn bestest Lesbian holiday album ever: Venus Envy’s 1990’s cult classic “I’ll be a Homo for Christmas” The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower is the most famous building in Brooklyn. Completed in 1929 it … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Musicabilia, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Carols, Flee Market, folk, Fort Greene, Holiday, lesbian, marble floor, Mecca of Dentistry, mosaic, One Hanson Place, Park Slope, parody, photography, Skylight, Smorgasburg, Tower, vault, Venus Envy, Williamsburgh Savings Bank
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN with Notes from a Composer
As Halloween falls on a Monday this year, I think it makes sense to call this a long Halloween Weekend. Much costumed celebrating and ghoulish goings-on will have already begun yesterday and continue through today and Sunday into the official … Continue reading
BLUMENAU – OKTOBERFEST IN BRAZIL
Brazil – Desi Arnaz The classic tune “Brazil”, performed in a classic style by Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra (yes, the Desi from “I Love Lucy”, he led a Band Orchestra in real life too, not just on TV). Now … Continue reading
Posted in Musicabilia, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Blumenau, Brazil, Cavalinho Branco, Desi Arnaz, Fachwerk, flood, half-timber, Iron Bridge, Michelstadt, Oktoberfest, Polka, Prosit, Rathaus, Ray Coniff, retail, Rio Itajaí-açu, souvenir, Vila Germanica
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September 11, 2016
For this day: HOPE from the oratorio The Song of Job 9:11 For the full concert, go to the Song of Job page. Also: THE SONG OF JOB 9:11 – 14 year anniversary of 9/11/2001 Posted on September 8, … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2016, 9/11, Book of Job, oratorio, The Song of Job 9:11
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BRAZIL – Upstream into the Pantanal Waterworld
Watery Vistas with Sky Filling Flocks of Herons; Jacaré Alligators, Howler Monkeys, Toucans (well, One Toucan), and the wonderfully weird and brilliantly named Tuiuiu! Brazil – Django Reinhardt Our second Pantanal excursion. You can explore the Pantanal by car in … Continue reading
Posted in Musicabilia, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Alligator, Brazil, caiman, Corumba, Django Reinhardt, Every Breaking Wave, harpy eagle, Howler Monkey, Jabira, Jacare, Lily Pad, Pantanal, Parakeet, Toucan, Tuiuiu, U2, Victoria Regina
BRAZIL – Floating Forests, Piranhas, and Sunsets of the Amazon
Above, the Jungle Lodge, where we stayed for a weekend Amazon Adventure on the Urubu River BRAZIL (Bachianos Brazil Samba) – Michael Kamen Below views of the Urubu River from the Lodge tower. The Urubu river gets its name from … Continue reading
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI – a mini musical adaptation
I recently created the TWAIN page, where you can read about stories and listen to musical excerpts from my Mark Twain musical comedy beTwixt, beTween & beTWAIN. Below I will reproduce a complete scene from the musical, the mini-adaptation … Continue reading
Introducing the MARK TWAIN MUSICAL Page
It’s been a while since I’ve built a new permanent page on Notes from a Composer. See the black banner border above? Where you can access the following pages, or skip to the following content: Home Bio Credits & … Continue reading
NfaC Repost: THE DAY I BECAME A COMPOSER
I have not yet written much about my parents on this blog so far, but this piece from last June includes one of my favorite anecdotes about my father: “My parents were always supportive of all my creative endeavors, but … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Musicabilia
Tagged Abraham Ashkenasi, anecdote, Born That Way, composer, composing, father, Frog Prince, high school, high school musical, John F. Kennedy School, Lady Gaga, music, music teacher, musical
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HOPE for a New Year
I believe in the good of mankind I believe in the end truth prevails It resides in our hearts and our minds Should we seek it we’d find love unveiled HOPE Happy New Year. Let’s hope for a 2016 that … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2015, 2016, 9/11, Guten Rutsch, Happy New Year, Hope, Old Testament, The Book of Job, The Song of Job 9:11, truth
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS – How this Carol Curmudgeon Ended Up Unwittingly Writing Three Seasonably Suited Carols Himself
I plead guilty to being a bit of a Christmas Carol Grinch. OK, I used to be a BIG Christmas Carol Grinch, really loathing most carols and sometimes resorting to lip syncing rather than singing out loud when drawn into … Continue reading
Speakeasy – An interview conducted by author Rebecca Cantrell – updated
The bestselling Author Rebecca Cantrell has posted an interview with me about Speakeasy on her blog. In it I reveal some tidbits about Speakeasy and a song demo that had not yet found their way to Notes from a Composer. … Continue reading
Posted in Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Alice in Wonderland, Allegiance, Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, Gay, Gene Malin, George Takei, Gladys Bentley, Humpty Dumpty, Julian Eltinge, kickstarter, musical, Once Upon a Frog, Prohibition, Queer, Rebecca Cantrell, Speakeasy, The Dolly Sisters
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A Halloween Treat: THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE and the roommate from hell who planted its seed
Just in time for Halloween the Tell-Tale Heart page goes live today, showcasing the audio of a live performance of my musical adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. The Tell-Tale Heart is the ultimate bad roommate story, as … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged alcohol abuse, Americana, cello, chamber opera, cocaine, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Franko, festival, Halloween, literature, madness, Metropolitan Playhouse, monologue, murder, musical, Poe, psychopath, roommate, The Tell-Tale Heart
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THE SONG OF JOB 9:11 – 14 year anniversary of 9/11/2001
The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert video, Sep 9, 2011 The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert audio, Sep 11, 2011 Above are recordings of the finale of the tenth anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 9/11, 9/11/2001, Book of Job, brooklyn, composing, concert, Ground Zero, Hope, New York City, Old Testament, oratorio, September 11, The Song of Job 9:11, Twin Towers, writing
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