Robert Greenberg
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Exploring the Dissonant C-sharp in Beethoven’s “Eroica”
September 21st, 2018
Patreon patron, Mr. Sullivan, recently asked the following question: “In several of your courses you have also referred to the C# in the Eroica as implying a modulation to G minor. I have never understood that statement. Would you be so kind as to enlighten me about that?” Mr. Sullivan refers to a (dissonant!) C-sharp that appears out of nowhere in measure 7 of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3; a dissonance that…
Further adventures in Paradise
September 20th, 2018
On “stage” with the ASQ Last week I wrote about the Apollo Academy, a wonderful four-day retreat at a facility called “Ratna Ling” located in the coastal mountains of Northern California’s Sonoma County. The Academy – the brainchild of a surgeon and cellist named Bill Moores - focuses on “mind/body synchronization that enhances mental and…
Dr. Bob Prescribes: Tempo and Metronome Marks
September 18th, 2018
Maelzel Metronome My recommendation last week of John Eliot Gardiner’s complete recording of Beethoven’s symphonies elicited a series of really wonderful comments. When, in the course of responding to those comments I rather offhandedly recommended that Otto Klemperer’s recordings of Beethoven’s symphonies (made circa 1961 for EMI) be allowed to fade into obscurity (or a…
Music History Monday: I Don’t Know About You But I’ve Always Wondered About That
September 17th, 2018
The Savoy Plaza Hotel in 1937 Today we mark a technological event that came and went with hardly a murmur. It was 87 years ago today – on September 17, 1931 – that the RCA Victor Company demonstrated the first long-playing (or “LP”) record to rotate at 33-1/3 rpm (or “rounds per minute”). The demonstration… Robert Greenberg | Copyright © 2018 All Rights Reserved