"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." -- Henri Bergson
The Music Appreciation Thrillers by Dick Strawser
"A piece that ten people care passionately about is worth more than a piece that 10,000 people don't mind listening to." -- Charles Rosen
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"If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our Nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist." - John F. Kennedy
Another NaNoWriMo Novel
Other Musical Fiction
About Me
- Dick Strawser
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Dr. Dick is a classically-trained musician and recovering composer who enjoys writing about music.
National Novel Writing Month's 50k-Word Challenge
"Man will begin to recover the moment he takes art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money." ~ Ernst Levy
"The main thing is to love the work that you do, because you may get no other reward." -- Philip GlassBlog Archive
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- Thoughts from Inauguration Day
- The Human Side of the Goldberg Variations
- The End of the "Nightmare"
- Hearing Mahler's 9th in Harrisburg
- Mahler's Symphony No. 9: Up Close & Personal
- Mahler's 9th - A Symphony of Farewells
- Mahler Goes to the Farm Show!
- Yes We Kant
- It's Mahler Time: An Epiphany - Getting Ready for ...
- On the 12th Day of Christmas: Wow, a Revelation
- On the 11th Day of Christmas: Toward a Resolution
- On the 10th Day of Christmas: To Make Much of Time
- On the 9th Day of Christmas: Nine Cats a-Leaping
- On the 8th Day of Christmas: New Years Music
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Links
- The Arts Journal
- Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
- Soho the Dog
- Sequenza21
- The New Music Box
- On an Overgrown Path
- Musical Perceptions
- Frank Delaney's Podcasts, Re:Joyce (Reading James Joyce's "Ulysses") [left unfinished at Delaney's death
- One of my Cats' Favorite Blogs (Abbie the Cat, 1997-2013)
- Another Favorite Site for the Cats
- The Best Little Cat House in Pennsylvania
Send e-mail to Dick Strawser at thoughtsonatrain at yahoo dot com
ELLIOTT CARTER
Dec. 11, 1908 - Nov. 5, 2012
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