Howard Grady Brown is a poet, playwright, pilot, printer and lover of classical music. Howard’s wife Anita is a retired singer and voice teacher. She and Howard lived in New York City for 22 years. Howard has had plays produced off Off-Broadway and on television. He regularly contributes poetry and criticism to several websites and has published a chapbook, Cobb Lane, as a companion to his brother Larry Allen Brown’s CD of Celtic-styled pieces for solo guitar and small ensemble. In 2009 Howard published Attitudes of Flight, a book of poems dedicated to his wife, who died ten months after they moved to Florida in 2008. It is available at Amazon.com. Howard’s play, The Lady Swims Today, opens March 24, 2011, at the Arena Theatre in Texas City, TX — for those in the Houston area who might be interested.
Howard Grady Brown
A Single Breath: Beethoven’s Last Three Piano Sonatas
“The sonatas, written in 1820, 1821, and 1822 respectively, were conceived together as a unit and so might be regarded as one, especially when heard together.”
A Single Breath: Beethoven’s Last Three Piano Sonatas
“The sonatas, written in 1820, 1821, and 1822 respectively, were conceived together as a unit and so might be regarded as one, especially when heard together.”
Rocket Science
“I dream a string quartet plays Haydn on the moon.”
Setting Beer to Music
Strauss claimed he could set a glass of beer to music.
Defixiones by Diamanda Galas
Diamanda Galás’ voice is an incredible instrument, spanning a range of four octaves, which she wields like a weapon: moans, howls, shrieks, whispers, keens and croons, as the text requires.
Defixiones by Diamanda Galas
Diamanda Galás’ voice is an incredible instrument, spanning a range of four octaves, which she wields like a weapon: moans, howls, shrieks, whispers, keens and croons, as the text requires.
Felicja Blumental on BRANA Records
The volumes of Spanish and Portuguese Keyboard Music…, the only solo discs among the group considered here, quickly became favorites…
Felicja Blumental on BRANA Records
The volumes of Spanish and Portuguese Keyboard Music…, the only solo discs among the group considered here, quickly became favorites…
On Themes by Klimt and Mahler
“Occidental notes of flute and oboe gleam in gold and green.”
On Themes by Klimt and Mahler
“Occidental notes of flute and oboe gleam in gold and green.”
Rule of the Plowman
“Certain notes on the E-flat clarinet could grate upon ungrateful ears.”
Rule of the Plowman
“Certain notes on the E-flat clarinet could grate upon ungrateful ears.”
The Listening Room
“A friend of mine designed a listening room, A place where foliage and music bloom”
The Listening Room
“A friend of mine designed a listening room, A place where foliage and music bloom”
A Concert in Vienna, 1944
“The hall was frigid, and the audience, Dressed for early winter, kept their coats”
A Concert in Vienna, 1944
“The hall was frigid, and the audience, Dressed for early winter, kept their coats”