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Klengel Composing His “Hymnus for Twelve Cellos”

From the December 1993 Print Edition

He saw twelve cellos once in silent choir, like bathers poised and dripping by the wall to leap beyond a lifeguards beckoning. The shop was open: RENTAL & REPAIR OF DOUBLE-BASSES, CELLOS, VIO- LINS BY EXPERT. Bows and strings. One oscillating wave . . . the moving air submerged him in its tide. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1993

Ritenuto: With My Daughter at the Lake

From the November 1993 Print Edition

The Falls Road northern light was fading gray: a sudden snowfall swept us eastward like a curtain rising at the driveway to the lake. I stopped my car beside the bridge and hiked out to the day’s last scene which starred my strong and happy sons fast racing up along a gravelled path, each to . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1993
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