Happy Birthday Heitor Villa -Lobos, born this day 1887
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
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Happy Birthday Smetana
Happy Birthday Bedrich Smetana, born this day 1824, composer of Ma Vlast. You'd know it if you heard it...
Monday, February 23, 2026
Saturday, February 21, 2026
2 very different musical birthdays today.
Happy Birthday Nina Simone, born this day 1933
And pianist and pedagogue Carl Czerny, born this day 1791- the year Mozart died.
Friday, January 16, 2026
Sigo tenor recorder
New year, new instrument...
I got this yesterday from The Early Music Shop. Its a type of recorder, but one that has not been seen before. Its basically a tenor recorder in an alto recorder body. Its small and light and achieves its small size through magic and witchcraft. Basically the internal bore is convoluted, rather than just being a tube, allowing them to produce a big instrument in a small body.
This seems like a new idea but its been around since the renaissance, when Table Recorders were made. They were small and fat cylinders that sounded very deep. The bore of those instruments consisted of tight loops. Like a switchback road.
Anyway here it is. I just need time to get to know it.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
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