Category Archives: Dissertation
Acknowledging the Ending By Looking Back to the Beginning
It’s the End of My World As I Know It Apart from a few minor aesthetic things, like the design of a title page for the score, and another round of proofreading, …That the Children May Learn, including the analytical … Continue reading
Pheedback Needed Phor Phat Beatz
This is the postlude of the piece, and there is a lot of narration (which you cannot hear because the MIDI does not execute it). I may tinker with the very end a little bit, but this is about 98 … Continue reading
Finished Lines?
Beggaring of the End The piece was “finished” but flawed, so I’m in the process of trimming it down. I’ve cut 5’30″ so far, and will probably see if I can find another 2-3′ to extract. It’s difficult and painful, … Continue reading
In the Aftermath of Lincoln’s Assassination
Again, Timelessness Just a brief revista here before getting back to the note-making. This morning I plowed through While Father is Away: The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury (Ed. Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt; Comp. Kassandra R. Chaney). Bradbury was … Continue reading
There is Actual Work Going On
An Update Hello! I have not been posting much, in part because I’ve been working very desperately to complete this piece and to do it justice. I don’t know how that effort’s going, but I wanted to share an excerpt … Continue reading
Narrating a Meta-Narrative
Words ‘N Music Progress is being made on the dissertation. Slowly, surely. I’ve developed a much clearer sense of the overall form, as well as the structure of subsections within each larger portion of the work, and today I’ve begun … Continue reading
Church Tower in Bethune, France
I’ve been reading a ton of letters and diaries, and it is proving to be every bit as engaging, upsetting, and difficult as I had imagined. In Lionel Sotheby’s Great War, we catch a very interesting and different perspective. By … Continue reading