Monthly Archives: April 2005

back in the saddle

I hadn’t done any singing since Magnus was born apart from joining in hymns, but I got an appeal to be part of the choir for a special service; ‘I’ve written an Ave Maria for the curate’s final service … … Continue reading

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Dalton’s Weekly

One of the most useful reference works for music that we have is a 1985 edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, edited by Michael Kennedy. This manages to pack a huge amount of information into a paperback of … Continue reading

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music for labour

Despite the market in Mozart for Mothers-to-be and the like I’m not sure anyone has produced any discs for labour and birth (and if they had, I suspect my choice of music might be very different from their suggestions!). Actually … Continue reading

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