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Some poetic residue

By Sam L. Richards | Published: July 20, 2010
The nature of my creative process leaves me with sketchbooks littered with seemingly disassociated concepts. Stray idea gobs hang from folded corners, and outlines of amoebas filled with gorgeousness sit atop the pages. Sometimes I glance back, even just a few days, discovering snippets that could easily have been penned by someone else, because I [...]
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Boccherini, Performance, and the Post-Modern Musicology

By Sam L. Richards | Published: January 31, 2010
The composer achieves nothing without executants. . . for while it is pleasing to hear people say, “What a beautiful work this is!” it seems to me even more so to hear them add, “Oh, how angelically they have executed it!” - Luigi Boccherini[1] I know that music is made to speak to the heart of man, [...]
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