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The Chilean National Anthem

Posted by: Pat Padua

With the fantastic rescue of thirty-three Chilean miners, the whole world can breathe a sigh of relief. But none can be more relieved than the miners, emerging into the sunshine again after seventy days trapped underground. Chilean president Sebastian Pinera sang their national anthem with Luis Urzua, the last of the miners rescued. Celebrate their return …

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The Music Division Takes You To School

Posted by: Pat Padua

September always brings back memories of my school  days, when I walked to class barefoot four miles in chin-high snow (winter coming dreadfully early in those times), dodging packs of rabid wolves and feral children. But the modern age provides you, the reader, with sundry opportunities to learn from the comfort of your own coffee …

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Before the Flood

Posted by: Pat Padua

The Mid-Atlantic United States has been hit with a series of furious rainstorms this summer, and this gray day in Washington is no exception. We hope that instead of walking between raindrops and dodging cupcake-sized hail, you, gentle reader,  choose to stay inside, cuddle up by the Steinway and sing a few songs –  just …

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This is Your Lucky Day!

Posted by: Pat Padua

Summer means baseball, and baseball has a long history of superstition, but before you decide to stop bathing after your next no-hitter,  remember that the performing arts is far from immune to the allure of old wives’ tales. The most notable superstition in the repertoire may be that of theater professionals who refer to one …

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Two Scoops from the Music Division

Posted by: Pat Padua

This comes over the transom from Today in History. Legend has it that on this day in 1904,   Charles E. Menches filled a pastry cone with two scoops of ice-cream and thus is responsible for the conical icon we celebrate today. The history of ideas, however sweet, is more complicated than that, as the cast of characters …

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One Small Dance Step For Man

Posted by: Pat Padua

Forty-one years ago today, astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the moon. The Apollo 11 broadcast from the moon on July 20, 1969, which transmitted Neil Armstrong’s immortal words,  “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” was named to the National Recording Registry in 2004. Remember one giant …

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Music to Drink Your Blood By

Posted by: Pat Padua

Are you a night person? Do garlic cloves make you break out, or worse?  Does Team Edward mean anything to you? If your answer to any or all of these questions is yes, you may enjoy “Vampire Polka,” by a composer known only as “Four-Eyes.”  Whatever societal anxieties may be behind the twenty-first century thirst …

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The Bicycle and the Bastille

Posted by: Pat Padua

Last week In the Muse brought you “The Battle of the Sewing Machines,” a 19th century piano piece that fondly mimics the chug of an old sewing machine. The piece features cover art that depicts sundry anthropomorphic sewing machines on the attack, revealing perhaps a bit of 19th century tension at the fate of man …