Ethelbert Nevin, a retired technical draftsman, resides in a quiet New England backwater. Currently translating a novel about Continental pinsetters, Nevin longs for the days when music didn’t try to please everybody.
Ethelbert Nevin
Loony for Tunes
If you can sing the tune to “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down,” or if Carl Stalling and Scott Bradley are household names, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for.
December 16, 2005
Loony for Tunes
If you can sing the tune to “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down,” or if Carl Stalling and Scott Bradley are household names, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for.
December 16, 2005
Marco Polo’s do-it-yourself Hymnen
By any reasonable measure, this is an insane undertaking, reflecting not just dedication, but a whole lot of research.
November 21, 2005
Marco Polo’s do-it-yourself Hymnen
By any reasonable measure, this is an insane undertaking, reflecting not just dedication, but a whole lot of research.
November 21, 2005
Wagner’s Ring Tones
A bit of non-music blather on the ray-de-oh announced that, globally, the customized cell-phone ring business is a $3.1-billion industry.
November 6, 2004
Wagner’s Ring Tones
A bit of non-music blather on the ray-de-oh announced that, globally, the customized cell-phone ring business is a $3.1-billion industry.
November 6, 2004
Listening to the Radio. Again.
I really do more than listen to the radio. Sometimes I drive around and listen to the radio.
June 21, 2004
Listening to the Radio. Again.
I really do more than listen to the radio. Sometimes I drive around and listen to the radio.
June 21, 2004
Letter from the Provinces: The End of Music Spells the End of Us All
What prompts such a fatalistic letter? Why, nothing short of the end of the music we know and love.
December 9, 2003
Letter from the Provinces: The End of Music Spells the End of Us All
What prompts such a fatalistic letter? Why, nothing short of the end of the music we know and love.
December 9, 2003
Florence Foster Jenkins & Friends on Naxos
Like a hyena caught in a washing machine! It sets all my commemorative plates a-rattle. Her intonation has the accuracy of toddlers solving quadratic equations.
September 14, 2003
Florence Foster Jenkins & Friends on Naxos
Like a hyena caught in a washing machine! It sets all my commemorative plates a-rattle. Her intonation has the accuracy of toddlers solving quadratic equations.
September 14, 2003
Another WHRB Spring Orgy
Last year I wrote about WHRB’s Spring 2003 Orgy, when this local, college-affiliated station devotes long consecutive hours to all of a given band’s recordings or composer’s works, as close to complete as recording allows.
May 29, 2003
Another WHRB Spring Orgy
Last year I wrote about WHRB’s Spring 2003 Orgy, when this local, college-affiliated station devotes long consecutive hours to all of a given band’s recordings or composer’s works, as close to complete as recording allows.
May 29, 2003
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
March 27, 2003
Mahler on the Radio
It’s easy to imagine the Symphony of a Thousand’s cast standing alert, their bright, beaming faces ready to emit three cheers for Faust.
March 27, 2003
A Letter from the Provinces: In the Dentist’s Chair
A recent (and overdue) session in the dentist’s chair began with the most unusual accompaniment: an excerpt from Górecki’s Third Symphony.
October 21, 2002
A Letter from the Provinces: In the Dentist’s Chair
A recent (and overdue) session in the dentist’s chair began with the most unusual accompaniment: an excerpt from Górecki’s Third Symphony.
October 21, 2002
WHRB’s Spring 2002 Orgy Period
This season, listeners were treated to about 176 hours of Franz Joseph Haydn.
June 14, 2002
WHRB’s Spring 2002 Orgy Period
This season, listeners were treated to about 176 hours of Franz Joseph Haydn.
June 14, 2002
Insomnia
A few weeks ago, here in our quaint New England outpost, I was besieged by a terrible flu. There was one night when it was particularly difficult to get to sleep. Sometimes the radio helps to soothe and bring on sleep. But not so on this night.
April 1, 2002
Insomnia
A few weeks ago, here in our quaint New England outpost, I was besieged by a terrible flu. There was one night when it was particularly difficult to get to sleep. Sometimes the radio helps to soothe and bring on sleep. But not so on this night.
April 1, 2002