Soundtrack

At Last, Allegro!

As an aficionado of Broadway, there are certain shows one can find out a lot about without knowing.  For example, if you know Kurt Weill’s stage works (not his operas, or his hybrid pieces, but his American Theatre pieces) you know Lady in the Dark or Street Scene, but you don’t have any chance of [...]


Holiday Cheer has Slipped Away, Mercifully.

Hello all, apologies for my absence. Holidays are a complicated time, but to me there’s one good thing about them ending: the mere fact that it will be next Halloween before we have to hear that constant stream of Christmas music. I mean, I love “O Holy Night” (which I only recently discovered was written [...]