Beethoven did not ever, and does not now represent the “elites,” whatever…
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Opus 7: Beethoven “puts a bird in it”
Things have been bleak lately, so let’s break out into something fun…
Heroes like RBG
It seems so long ago that I posted on death, grief and…
With Beethoven, Black Lives Matter
There is no separating Beethoven from the political. Liberty and justice were…
Opus 4: A precocious teenager, raging monsters and a forgotten masterpiece
What were you doing at 19? I remember a poem I wrote…
Opus 3: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; the motto of the French Revolution and the legacy…
Opus 2: Mind Blown with Rita Dove
The Pulitzer Prize-winning former United States poet laureate, Rita Dove, is not…
Opus 1
It was April 2020, early days of the global pandemic. For exercise…