November 2023
Visitors flock to Kraków. The city, which dates back to the seventh century, was Poland’s capital until the end of the sixteenth century. Left relatively unscathed after World War II and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978,…
Editor’s note: the scores to works mentioned in this article may be found online for free access.
Max Reger, Zwölf Stücke, opus 59
Reger, Introduction, Passacaglia, und Fugue in E Minor, opus 127
Reger, Fantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, opus…
Teachers
Elizabeth Swist was my first piano teacher. I was six years old. She lived with her mother, and their house smelled like boiled cabbages. It was about a mile walk—I know that for sure because I have driven the route watching my…
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partitas, BWV 825–830, Wolfgang Rübsam, Lute-Harpsichord. Brilliant Classics 2-CD set, 96464, $14.99, available from arkivmusic.com and amazon.com.
Wolfgang Rübsam, previously professor of church music and organ at…
Stephen Black
Stephen Black died June 25. He was born August 30, 1967, in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the University of Louisville and received a Master of Musical Arts degree in conducting and organ from the Yale Institute of Sacred…
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