Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”—William Shakespeare Act 2 scene 2 FAIRIES sing. FIRST FAIRY You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong, Come not near our fairy queen. CHORUS Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, [...]
“Right balance between heaven and earth”: A Practical Inner Path for Musical Artists Alan Stott, Stourbridge—U.K. A text may be read for the information it contains – the “what”. To appreciate process and form, however, questions need to be asked, such as “how?” and “when?”, particularly a text on music, one of the time-arts. Precisely [...]
Robert Kolben is intolerant of my interpretations. But, I think, he chooses to misunderstand. Don’t miss his exemplary analysis of Chopin’s Preludes, included here. > Download PDF: Kolben & answer
Chopin’s Preludes, which celebrate the musical system (circle of fifths) as a spiritual path. > Download PDF: Chopin
My letter to the Editor about both the misunderstanding on both the angle-gestures and my Chopin discoveries. I had another go at the angle-gestures (tones). > Download PDF: Readers Letter – Angle-gestures revisited
Further discussion from the Section Newsletter. > Download PDF: Angle Gestures
The ensuing discussion in the “Section Newsletter”, stimulated by the article “No more tone-angles?”, with my answering article. > Download PDF: Wedemeir & answer
The first of a two or three articles — which provoked some discussion in the Newsletter. This beautiful and comprehensive technique of embodying the musical system is unfortunately quite misunderstood by some people. > Download PDF: No more tone-angles?
A study of the down-to-earth jokes and admonishments in Steiner’s eight lectures on “Eurythmy as Visible Singing”. His comments seem to add up to a practical and ethical application of the universal eightfold-path. > Download PDF: Character & Conduct