In the before times, we had live music in the KHFM studio. And one lovely day, these four voices brought a tear to my eye with this. May we join together again in person for music that touches our hearts…
By the time Antonio Vivaldi died (in Vienna in 1741) his music had gone out of style; so one of the most popular and prolific Baroque composers died in poverty. He had a simple burial at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in…
Film composer Alex North (Cleopatra, Spartacus) wrote incidental music for the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” Years ago I met one of the musicians who played in that production. The group (all men) sat playing…
Johannes Brahms was apparently a fan of the music of Johann Strauss, Jr. Once the Viennese Waltz King’s wife asked Brahms to autograph her fan. Brahms penned the first few notes of “The Blue Danube” waltz, and below it wrote:…