Monthly Archives: October 2016

Aphorisms for Composers – October 2016

October 25, 2016.

Honor yourself. Don’t become a victim of the “neo-sharecropping digital economy“ or of the “non-profit military industrial complex!”

October 6, 2016

The more we learn, the less we know for sure.

“Accent Language.” Symbols and words for punctuations that have found their way into my notational M.O. over the years:
^=sharp accent (note with less “body” than >, but not quite staccato; > would be a typical strong emphasis).
<> is an expressive, small swell on a note–Schubert and Sessions both write it in piano music for the notion of a cushioned, expressive touch (almost tender, but could also be for lamenting or expansiveness). (01.10.16)