Jonathan’s musical trivia quiz: Name that tune in 1
At a recent recording, while we were waiting for the kettle to boil or a hard drive to back up, we got a bit silly and starting playing ‘name that…
Ain’t misbehavin’ and other songs
Here’s a nice site: extraordinarily detailed and well-presented details about jazz standards such as Ain’t misbehavin’. There’s a list of the 1,000 most recorded jazz standards, and very detailed records…
Music at Rambert
Very nice article about music at Rambert from the magazine of the ISM. Great to see all the big topics (what’s music for? how do choreographers & composers work together?…
Missing Nutcracker? Have a Cher Dumollet singalong
I’ve been looking for this for ages, a rendition of the French children’s song Bon voyage cher Dumollet, the contredanse-like bit in Act 1 of The Nutcracker which is usually…
Music in ‘Alone in Berlin’
I remember listening to a lecture on teaching by the philosopher David Carr, in which he noted (I’m paraphrasing what I remember, so I hope I’m not misquoting) that literature…