Robert Greenberg
Historian, Composer, Pianist, Speaker, Author
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Looking back on the first edition of “How To Listen to and Understand Great Music”
Now available in the 3rd Edition I have managed to dig up and digitize a television advertisement for the first edition of my Teaching Company/The Great Courses survey “How to Listen to and Understand Great Music” from 1993. It’s a bit painful for me to watch: I weighed 30 pounds less than I do now;…
Dr. Bob Prescribes: Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major D960
Earlier this week, my patron Renato inquired: “So, what is Dr. Bob’s prescription for Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major D960 (I listen to Richter’s in Praga 1972) and for Debussy’s Prelude Book I (Michelangeli DG is my choice)? Thanks a lot. Cheers.” These works were featured in my absurdly entitled but well-intentioned Great Courses survey…
Music History Monday: My Favorite Things!
A little inside information about me. Since I was a kid, I have loved architecture and home design magazines: house porn, to be honest. The one constant in my reading has been Architectural Digest, to which I’ve been addicted since I was a teenager. Other mags have floated in and out of my consciousness over…
Coming Next on Patreon
It has been a week since my roll out at Patreon, and I have been awed and no small bit humbled by the response. I thank each and every one of you who have signed on. As per my listed Patreon benefits I would take this opportunity to list my “Principal” patrons and “Deities”: Principals:…