February 2012
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN WILLIAMS.
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I made a Twitter?
@ebmajorblog
It could be more exciting/active than this blog at times. Running a blog takes a lot of effort sometimes. :/
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Going to PA on Saturday to watch the Philadelphia Orchestra play Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with James Ehnes. Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, and Martin’s Concerto for Seven Winds. :)
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leadingtone:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), nominated by gigglebug, g-flat-lydian, and teafully, is the leading tone’s featured composer for February.
Born at Votkinsk, Udmurtia to a well-to-do engineer and his wife, Pyotr Ilyich showed extraordinary musical gifts from an early age. His family was supportive, but later demanded that he pursue a career in the civil service—to this...
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“The point is not to take the world’s opinion as a guiding star, but to go one’s...”
– Gustav Mahler
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I really hate it when someone’s practicing and then another violinist comes over and says, “Haha, I played that years ago and it was so easy. Why are you practicing so slowly?” And then they judge by how they sound in the practice room. First of all, no piece is easy. There will always be room for improvement and making it sound better. Also, how can you ever say someone is good...