by Kurt Knecht | Oct 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Each year, I do a little project with my budding young theorists to introduce them to music aesthetics and get them thinking about the important questions. We analyze a piece by Schubert or Brahms and then something by Gershwin or Cole Porter and then a popular song....
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, I had the day off from teaching. I got to spend some time practicing, and I also treated myself to an organ lesson from Chris Marks. (Go to his website! Get him to come play a concert at your place. Buy his CDs.) I’ve been working on the BWV 544 for a...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week, the publisher that first published my work and with whom I have had a relationship for about 15 years sold their business to a different publishing firm. Walton Music was purchased by GIA. Everyone was speculating that Hal Leonard would have purchased...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Everyone has been passing around this article from the NYT lately. It’s a good article, but my friend David Von Kampen rightly asked earlier tonight:I get why people like this article, but I wish we would put more emphasis on music’s inherent value...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week, I had the chance to spend time with Jo-Michael Scheibe for the first time in a while. It is always good to watch Mike work. I am always impressed by how hard he works to listen to a choir. He cares deeply about text and whether or not it is being...
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