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4/25/2020 Last month I began the process of transcribing the works of composer James Simon. A couple of weeks ago I started work on one of his art songs, titled “Venus Fantasia!” with words by German poet Richard Dehmel. At the top of Simon’s autograph (in musicology, an autograph is a manuscript written by the …

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Answers to some big questions regarding COVID-19, and solid proof that just because we’re young doesn’t mean we’re safe.

3/30/2020 After performing cello yesterday for friends and neighbors to relieve the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders issued for my city, I spent much of the night online looking for more music to perform. Near 2:00 in the morning, looking through IMSLP’s archives, I stumbled across a manuscript. “Arioso fur Violoncell allein” …

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