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…
Pavillon d’Armide
Interesting short blog about the history of Pavillon d’Armide (music by Tcherepnin) from Artifact Suite.
Dance rhythms fight back: the 9/8 hornpipe
A while back I started collecting examples of ‘dance rhythms to annoy your music teacher with’. Nothing makes me more frustrated than the term ‘dance rhythms’. There are several generations…