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“Vistamusic” - Enabling through Sound and Music Introduction The aim of the program is to make it very simple to use and quick to learn but nevertheless be able to create a fine expressive performance of a piece of piano music, irrespective of ability to play the piano or the keyboard. On other words, to…

December 2022 The time seems right to write about Mozart`s Requiem, as there have been several performances recently and some discussion. A Requiem Mass in Catholicism is a Mass in honour of the dead. Mozart was very depressed at the time of writing it, partly because he thought it was heralding his own death and…

From a talk to the University of the Third Age on Baroque music Mozart was a great admirer of Handel.  Mozart’s reason for arranging of Handel’s Messiah was not because he thought he could improve on Mozart, but because, 50 years later, Handel’s music was out of fashion and Mozart was attempting to arrange it…

… but not ’Music Therapy’ which is a procedure used by “music therapists” This comes in three parts Part A.  Identifying the music which is therapeutic for the person  This vitally important. Fortunately, many people know themselves what type of music is therapeutic for them. Caution: it is not necessarily music that they would normally…

Early trail bikes The Honda XL125 suited me fine probably because it was light and nimble and was such a fantastic improvement on the Bianchi and getting away from the various problems of the BSA B40SS90. It started first time and never missed a beat. When I went riding with the TRF (Trail Riders Fellowship)…