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Tag Archives: Snow
Wet Snow in the Backyard
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged backyard, bench, brooklyn, bushes, frog, photography, Snow, trees, wet, winter
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MADISON SNOWSTORM
Just a little blizzard in Wisconsin’s capitol…
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged blizzard, Capitol, Christmas, Edward Elder, Forward, lights, Madison, Orpheum, Rainbow, Snow, snowstorm, State Street, statue, Wisconsin
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NIGHT and SNOW in CENTRAL PARK
Secret Snow Song #1 (Can’t guess the song titles and artists? They can be found alphabetically tagged at the bottom of post, which should help.) Secret Night Song #1 Secret Night Song #2 … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 50 Words for Snow, A Single Man Soundtrack, Abel Korzeniowski, All Night, All Through the Night, Beyoncé, Billy Joel, Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack, Central Park, Cyndi Lauper, Ella Fitzgerald, Gustavo Santaolalla, horse drawn carriage, Kate Bush, music, night, night scene, photography, Snow, street lamp, Tchaikovsky, Through the Long Night, Waltz of the Snowflakes, winter
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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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CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS – a Musical Take on Mark Twain’s Succulent Satire of Congress
Congress … yuck! A distasteful subject! Quite literally even, according to Mark Twain. Every year Congress gives us more reasons to loathe it. This year perhaps more than ever. Thinking ill and making fun of Congress is a sport that … Continue reading
SNOW SONGS for SNOW DAY (& a PI Song for PI Day)
It’s a Snow Day here in the Northeast. New York City is basically shut down and everyone is staying inside. What was projected to be a nasty blizzard for the city has been downgraded to an unpleasant mix of snow, … Continue reading
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