Robert Greenberg
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Dr. Bob Prescribes ‘Die Fledermaus’
January 21st, 2020
Yesterday’s Music History Monday marked the occasion, on January 20, 1982, when Ozzy Osborne bit the head off of a dead and decaying bat during a performance at the Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium. To his credit, Osbourne thought that the bat-like other such rodents and reptiles tossed on stage during his performances – was a toy. However, this fact should not absolve him of being a disgusting, drug-and-alcohol addled, pee-in-your-beer-mug (a favorite game of…
Music History Monday: Fine Dining
January 20th, 2020
Józef Hofmann (1876-1967) January 20 is indeed an interesting day in music history, particularly notable for anniversaries of births and deaths. Among those born on this day was the outstanding Polish/American pianist Józef Hofmann, born in 1876 (and died in 1967; my grandmother took some lessons with Hofmann at the New York Institute of Musical…
Dr. Bob Prescribes The Tango Project
January 14th, 2020
Yesterday’s Music History Monday post focused on the accordion, an important patent for which was granted to the Philadelphia-based inventor Anthony Foss on January 13, 1854: 166 years ago yesterday. As detailed in yesterday’s Music History Monday, for reasons having to do with class politics and pure snobbery, the accordion is often looked down upon…
Music History Monday: How to Identify a Gentleman
January 13th, 2020
Cute, but would you date an accordionist We would recognize a number of date-worthy events before moving on to the admittedly painful principal topic of today’s Music History Monday. Johann Christoph Graupner Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) We recognize the birth on January 13, 1683 – 337 years ago today – of the German harpsichordist and… Robert Greenberg | Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved