Notes for Private Music Teacher
Article date: 20/01/08 | Last edited: 10/01/09
Hello dear music teaching colleagues,
Today my good friend (and brilliant musician) Rodney Haynes found an old J. A. & S. Print, 1980 publication “NOTES for PRIVATE MUSIC TEACHERS” by the Federation of Australian Music Teachers Associations. It doesn’t have any copyright restrictions, so I’ve decided to save you the $2 Rod spent on it and print it here. You never know when you may need something like this. Enjoy: [Read More]
Unanswered Question
Article date: 15/01/08 | Last edited: 24/12/08
Leonard Bernstein - A highly regarded composer of both Classical and Broadway, an accomplished pianist, a great conductor, and an eloquent musicologist. Noam Chomsky - Professor of Linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [Read More]
Brahms and His World
Article date: 13/01/08 | Last edited: 21/12/08

“Brahms and His World” by Walter Frisch should prove a valuable reader or source book for anyone interested in the composer. Preview this book @ My Google Library
Unlike some recent volumes on Brahms, which have served mainly to bring together miscellaneous papers read at conferences, this collection seeks to locate the composer more directly in the context of his personal, professional, and musical environment. The volume consists of three parts. [Read More]
Talking with Composers
Article date: 6/01/08 | Last edited: 13/01/09

… finish re-reading A. M. Abell’s book “Talks with Great Composers” and I’d like to share some thoughts with you, starting with this quote: “No atheist has ever been or will be a great composer”; and with my question: Is it the luck of religiosity, spiritual commitment and craftsmanship in some ways causing a decline of a thought provoking, deep and well crafted music? Talks with Great Composers By: Arthur M. Abell. [Read More]


