by Kurt Knecht | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Once again, I am endebted to Christopher Marks for championing my music.Here is a lovely recital he did recently on a pretty terrible instrument. Chris really made the Reuter POFS 1000 sound better than I’ve ever heard.I also love how he plays my piece....
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have a friend who is generally a genius. His name is Anthony Hawley. Originally I knew him as a poet who had published a stack of chap books that I could call when I needed help translating Italian. Now he works in the art department. What interests me about what...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you like Medieval music theory (and who doesn’t?), there isn’t much that’s funnier than this. It is one of my favorites, and it was pulled down for awhile. I was so glad to rediscover it.This is pretty much how I had always imagined the influence...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
It appears that my mentor, Terry Mohn, has finally come up with some applications of the Golden Ratio that I think we can all support. The theory’s application to the arts is something that has been discussed since the Renaissance.It seems like there is...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
I received a commission from the National Music Teachers Association and Nebraska Music Teachers Association to write a new piece for their state convention last year.I wrote a cello “sonata” with the idea that I would try to write something fun and not...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Here is the second movement of my cello sonata “El Café Iridiscente” which is entitled “azul”. This piece was co-commissioned by the National Music Teachers Association and the Nebraska Music Teachers Association.This movement has a sort of...
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