Life is a song. Love is the music.

Life is a song. Love is the music.

Music inflames temperament.

Music inflames temperament.

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

The choirs left the main tune and soared two octaves past heaven in a descant to rattle the bones and read more

The choirs left the main tune and soared two octaves past heaven in a descant to rattle the bones and surge the heart.

For discords make the sweetest airs.

For discords make the sweetest airs.

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

Work is a four-letter word.

Work is a four-letter word.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.