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Tag Archives: Carols
Composing “Divertissement in the Snow”
“You should compose a piece for the family to play at Christmas”, my husband Ed said to me a few weeks ago (actually it was November 10, I have documented evidence, I’ll get to that later, not that it really … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works
Tagged Carols, Christmas, composer, composing, divertissement, Ed Elder, family, heterophony, holidays, Keep it simple stupid, Mark Twain, night, obligato, Schweineterzen, Snow, soprano, Steve Hepner, Viola, violin, winter
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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
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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
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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 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
