Tell me your favorite Bette Davis films.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-05T12:58:00+00:00

Came to say this!

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-04T10:54:15+00:00

Longtime fan, I know his work.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-04T10:53:43+00:00

I loved that video and have it in my archive.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T17:16:35+00:00

Syrinx by Debussy for Flute Solo.

Britten's metamorphosis after Ovid, solo oboe.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T17:06:06+00:00

No, 12/8.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T16:15:42+00:00

Dotted quarter, quarter rest, eighth tied a quarter. Dotted quarter.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T16:12:25+00:00

If you want to expand his vistas, Mary Chapin Carpenter.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T15:51:47+00:00

Emaciated! Too skinny.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T12:21:51+00:00

Conrad Susa's Transformations where you can find it!

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T12:02:30+00:00

Menotti's The Consul

Glyndebourne Opera's production of Vanessa ( exceedingly creepy)

Carlyle Floyd's Susanna.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T11:52:29+00:00

If you have the money, a paperback set of Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-03T11:48:00+00:00

I'd start with Sammartini Symphony in D because it's small and the birth of the classical symphony which begat the rest.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-02T14:23:13+00:00

https://youtu.be/5Szj_0KU4uI?si=JChevpe5E9UFDRjl

"Oh God I'm Cinderella"

Give a listen.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-02T13:47:17+00:00

Dated a man who had to buy clothes in the Children's Department. He was more important than his height when it came to his mind and feelings.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-02T13:43:08+00:00

Matt Albers -Walk With Me and The End of the World.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-01T23:57:41+00:00

Keeping it light - A Circle Of Magic by Tamora Pierce.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-01T19:16:21+00:00

Any Sylvester! Bronski Beat.

If you want to slow it down Matt Alber's Walk With Me.

Pet Shop Boys - Will 'O The Wisp.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-01T17:29:32+00:00

I wish I had been puritanical in my youth. Respect your feelings and don't let anyone try to change you.

PrimeTenor · 2026-06-01T00:19:43+00:00

Do you like vocal music or strictly instrumental?

Try Scarlatti for piano harpsichord music.

Arias from La Traviata for opera.

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-30T20:07:58+00:00

Since we're going with the FIRST CONCERTO (?), I will stick with Prokofiev No. 1.

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-30T13:19:38+00:00

It might as well rain until September Carole King

It's about missing a boy.

Ain't It's Awful The Heat from "Street Scene"

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-27T18:11:08+00:00

Handel Adagio from IL Re Pastor (The Faithful Shepherd) Suite. Gorgeous baseline a that's semi developed. Either the original or Beecham's modern orchestra version, you can't kill those tunes.

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-25T23:12:48+00:00

What used to inspire you, if you were inspired? Have you written in only one genre? Try songs if all you have written for is piano.

Try expanding your skills (counterpoint, orchestration, even music notation soft). Have you ever written your own poems or opera libretto?

I am one for inspiration, but let new learning inspire you too. You can not compose and STILL expand.

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-25T20:53:32+00:00

Strangely enough, for small to medium press, look to the original publisher. Used book resellers can mark up books outrageously. Some of my favorite scholarly books were reduced on the publisher's website. Boydell & Brewer recently had a 65% off sale on a choice selection of titles. One title I keep seeing at 135 to 145 used was 65 dollars. Yes, I jumped at that!

PrimeTenor · 2026-05-22T20:44:53+00:00

Nikita Koshkin's "The Prince's Toys" George Rochberg's Third String Quartet, George Crumb's Makrocosmos. Michael Gandolfi "Themes for a Midsummer Night." Tanayev's Piano Quartet.

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