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After a brief hibernation, First Four Notes -related activities are picking up again. First, I'll be speaking at the Boston Public Libra...

The First Four Notes , by way of a slightly unreliable narrator (me) will be on The Diane Rehm Show today. In the words of our unofficial n...

Happy 242nd birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven! It is the process [of creativity] that motivates every human activity, from the Sunday Sermon ...

A reminder that I will be in Phoenix, Arizona tonight, December 12 , at 6:30 PM , talking with T. A. Frank of Zócalo Public Square . (Click ...

The First Four Notes and its author have had a busy week. On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of reading (and manhandling the keyboard) at the G...

"A Fifth of Beethoven," played by the St. John's Steel Band. For a Christmas Eve service! Good tidings.