Kurt Knecht

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Songs for Developing Voices Volume II

Songs for Developing Voices Volume II

My friend, Dr. Sarah Farr, got in touch with me in the Summer of 2022 to discuss writing some songs for developing voices. This set represents the second volume of an ongoing project. You can purchase it here: Songs for Developing Voices Volume II Each song is crafted...

Against musical fundamentalism 3: death to metronomes!

Against musical fundamentalism 3: death to metronomes!

When I play for conducting class, I regularly hear the following: “We have a recording of the composer doing this piece, so we know what s/he wanted.” “The composer wrote this metronome marking, so we need to get pretty close to that.” “The composer was so precise in...

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