by Kurt Knecht | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
After the attempted “suicide”, the half-mile foot race chasing a 9 year old to the edge of a lake on private property, the police visits removing kids from campus, a child attempting to break my nose with a little xylophone, the breaking up of innumerable fights, and...
by Kurt Knecht | Jun 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
This weeks review of my musicological readings…One would think that Abraham Moles would win the prize for unfortunately named people that made contributions to music theory, but it turns out that if information theory and computer analysis are your thing, you...
by Kurt Knecht | May 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here are this week’s odds and ends in my musicological readings.Heinrich Albert (1604-1651), a German composer, gave me some great advice about continuo playing. When you’re playing continuo, it should not be like “hacking cabbage”. ...
by Kurt Knecht | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I had the occasion this week to talk with some lovely librarians. We were chatting about the things that one normally talks about, and it made me recall with great fondness one of the most brutal teachers I ever had. At the beginning of Dr. Reynolds’...
by Kurt Knecht | May 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
A friend recently asked why some people have a problem with Wagner, and it brought to mind the last time I taught him in a history class. I’m not sure I have a good strategy for teaching Wagner, but I know that the next time I approach him, I’m not...
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