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• I'd rather hear Anna Russell's "Oh, How I Love the Spring." (When ny-hy-hy-mphs and shepherds DANCE in a ring!)
  in Music to Soothe the Savage Spring
  Wednesday April 25, 2012, 01:04 AM
• Pardon me for being nit-picky, but the title of your article is "Top Five Musically-Inspired Paintings...," while your lead paragraph has, "our top five musically inspired works of art." You can't have it both ways. While some across-the-ponders don't have a problem with the former, most US of A style sheets do not support the hyphen. At any rate, both in one story is a no-no. I say drop the hyphen. Musically Inspired. Content is great.
  in Top Five Musically-Inspired Paintings Displayed in New York
  Monday April 23, 2012, 08:04 PM
• Is this -- "But I regret to say that my enthusiasm for classical music did not extend to opera, the dubious charms of which have always alluded me," he adds. -- really from his book? If so, he and his editor should be ashamed. Still, sorry to see the passing of a master. DD~~
  in When Mike Wallace Interviewed Classical Musicians
  Tuesday April 10, 2012, 09:04 PM
• What?!? No credit for Alfred Hitchcock? Though there was a brief credit in the clip you posted. DD~~
  in Saturday Morning Cartoons: Marionette and Master
  Saturday April 07, 2012, 01:04 AM
• So long as the ubiquitous, back-lit blue screens (plus frantic typing/keying of rlly kewl txt) doesn't interfere with my aural or visual experience in the hall, go for it. Have a tweet room. Serve ckctls. Just don't interfere with my experience. No phones, no crackling candy wrappers, no whispering, just listening. Thank you, D~~
  in Attraction or Annoyance? Orchestras Invite Audiences to Use Their Smartphones
  Monday April 02, 2012, 08:04 PM
• Great use of shadows in the animation. I had forgotten that it was the "sleeping" Mickey that caused the real mayhem. Wonderful blend of music/animation. Great for Music Ed.
  in Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Saturday March 31, 2012, 01:03 AM
• I recently heard Marilyn Horne comment about "I Bought Me a Cat." Her advice? "If you're going to sing it, review the damn animals before you go on stage!" I'd second that.
  in Songs We’ve Always Sung
  Sunday March 18, 2012, 01:03 AM
• Also, the lede has with out instead of without. Please fix?
  in Top Five Best Score Oscar Snubs
  Sunday February 26, 2012, 01:02 AM
• Thank you, Lloyd. I couldn't take the volume/noise of the Grammy broadcast hoping to hear about anything classical.
  in Classical Grammy Winners Include a DVD and Download-Only Release
  Wednesday February 15, 2012, 02:02 AM
• Yes, Mr. Meltzer, but love and romance are eternal. I'll repeat mine: When I moved to NYC in the mid-1970s, I auditioned for a dance project at an off-Broadway company specializing in light opera. I was hired for the dance project (very little money) and as an assistant stage manager. So I got to hear and experience a lot more Gilbert & Sullivan than I had been exposed to in the south, where I grew up. I met the assistant conductor there, and we struck up a friendship. We eventually lived together for 31 years; I also sang in choirs he was associated with (he was a Mannes graduate -- an organist). One choral society we both performed with yielded an opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall (Mahler's 8th). We listened to Dame Janet Baker, Anna Russell, the Dale Warland Singers, and (every time we went on vacation to Florida) L'apres-midi d'un faune. He even played for an audition tape I made (on a church-hall upright piano) that got me hired for a concert version of West Side Story with the Alabama Symphony. I guess you could say that classical music, as well as other genres, added to our romance. At a memorial service for him a couple of years ago, I included the hymn "In the Bleak Midwinter." The last verse ends with -- Yet, what I can I give him. Give him my heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still do.
  in How Has Classical Music Added Romance to Your Life?
  Tuesday February 14, 2012, 02:02 AM
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