At last: a picture of a mirliton
I can’t tell you how pleased I am about this: Here, on a site dedicated to the iconography of the bagpipe, are two pictures of mirlitons (scroll down to see…
New Chiquinha Gonzaga archive
I’ve had several emails from people thanking me for passing on the link to the Ernesto Nazareth site, which includes a complete archive of Ernesto Nazareth’s compositions, the painstaking and…
Petrushka shrovetide fair on the accordeon
It’s well known that the Shrovetide Fair bit of Petrushka has many imitations of accordeon sounds and techniques in it, but this amazing performance on the accordeon by Boban Bjelić…
Polonaise and mazurka: the ultimate internet resource page
This is probably the most wonderful site I’ve ever come across in the very specialised world of music for dance: a page of links to the the content of Polish…
Music, technology & the body
I was intrigued by a reference to “Mrs Bagot Stack’s Women’s League of Health & Beauty” in Clement Crisp’s exsibilating review in yesterday’s Financial Times of Michael Clark’s th in…
Dancing to words
Interesting blog by Eleanor Turney in the Guardian about dancing to words, and what makes it work or not work. It’s a topic that interests me a lot, ever since,…