About Author: Richard D. Russell

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This was written by Richard D. Russell, New York City based composer of fine music.

Posts by Richard D. Russell

As time allows, I have been col­lab­o­rat­ing with lyri­cist Emily Thomp­son over the last few years on an orig­i­nal musi­cal cen­tered on Hades, the Greek god of the Under­world. The […]0July 11, 2009

“Where There is Light” performed

As time allows, I have been col­lab­o­rat­ing with lyri­cist Emily Thomp­son over the last few years on an orig­i­nal musi­cal cen­tered on Hades, the Greek god of the Under­world. The […]

Soprano Sofia Dim­itrova is per­form­ing my song cycle, “When Time is Over” on July 17 in Varna, Bul­garia. The song cycle is based on texts by Emily Dick­in­son and the […]0July 2, 2009

“When Time is Over” to be performed in Bulgaria

Soprano Sofia Dim­itrova is per­form­ing my song cycle, “When Time is Over” on July 17 in Varna, Bul­garia. The song cycle is based on texts by Emily Dick­in­son and the […]

My friend Haim Avit­sur par­tic­i­pated in a per­for­mance of “Orbits” for 80 trom­bones, soprano, and organ. (Haim was not the soprano, and he doesn’t play the organ!) The piece is […]3June 23, 2009

Another element of music?

My friend Haim Avit­sur par­tic­i­pated in a per­for­mance of “Orbits” for 80 trom­bones, soprano, and organ. (Haim was not the soprano, and he doesn’t play the organ!) The piece is […]

If you are enter­ing the word “apple”¬†in to your nota­tion pro­gram for a song lyric, is it “app-le” or is it “ap-ple?” Instead of going to your dic­tio­nary or look­ing […]0June 10, 2009

Scoring tip for Mac users

If you are enter­ing the word “apple”¬†in to your nota­tion pro­gram for a song lyric, is it “app-le” or is it “ap-ple?” Instead of going to your dic­tio­nary or looking […]

This is sort of an infor­ma­tional post for those who might not be clued in. Both Finale and Sibelius have announced new ver­sions in the last few weeks. I had […]1June 6, 2009

Finale 2010, Sibelius 6

This is sort of an infor­ma­tional post for those who might not be clued in. Both Finale and Sibelius have announced new ver­sions in the last few weeks. I had […]

It took a while, but I have finally been able to post a sound file of my Vio­lin Sonata on my web­site. Head to the Lis­ten sec­tion and you’ll be […]0June 4, 2009

Violin Sonata recording posted

It took a while, but I have finally been able to post a sound file of my Vio­lin Sonata on my web­site. Head to the Lis­ten sec­tion and you’ll be […]

Lately I’ve been think­ing a lot about com­pos­ing for the voice.¬† I typ­i­cally look for a text and rec­og­nize quickly if I think it will work for me as a […]0April 28, 2009

What the voice can do

Lately I’ve been think­ing a lot about com­pos­ing for the voice.¬† I typ­i­cally look for a text and rec­og­nize quickly if I think it will work for me as a […]

I write music, and I also write about music. So this quote from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird has some res­o­nance for me: Ulti­mately, I think that writ­ing about music is a delib­er­ate […]0April 22, 2009

Creating music | Writing about music

I write music, and I also write about music. So this quote from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird has some res­o­nance for me: Ulti­mately, I think that writ­ing about music is a deliberate […]

I had a chance to meet Raoul Pleskow today and hear a fas­ci­nat­ing lec­ture by him. He said some­thing very inter­est­ing that reflected a use­ful change of per­spec­tive. When writ­ing […]0April 19, 2009

An interesting change of perspective

I had a chance to meet Raoul Pleskow today and hear a fas­ci­nat­ing lec­ture by him. He said some­thing very inter­est­ing that reflected a use­ful change of per­spec­tive. When writing […]

Dan­ger music? What’s that? Elas­tic scor­ing? Hmm! I found these and many other inter­est­ing sub­jects in Wikipedia today. I thought I would share them! See these pages about: Cat­e­gory: Musi­cal notation0April 15, 2009

Danger music? Elastic scoring?

Dan­ger music? What’s that? Elas­tic scor­ing? Hmm! I found these and many other inter­est­ing sub­jects in Wikipedia today. I thought I would share them! See these pages about: Cat­e­gory: Musi­cal notation

I was the master of ceremonies at the recent April 5 2009 concert presented by the New York Composers Circle. What a successful afternoon of music and performances! There was new music byNYCC Concert" />0April 9, 2009

Emcee at NYCC Concert

I was the mas­ter of cer­e­monies at the recent April 5 2009 con­cert pre­sented by the New York Com­posers Cir­cle. What a suc­cess­ful after­noon of music and per­for­mances! There was new music by

Stu­dents of the great Ger­man philoso­pher Hegel are famil­iar with his notion of the dialec­ti­cal process. It is com­monly summed up as the way a pre­vail­ing the­sis is con­fronted by […]0April 9, 2009

What’s the opposite of creativity?

Stu­dents of the great Ger­man philoso­pher Hegel are famil­iar with his notion of the dialec­ti­cal process. It is com­monly summed up as the way a pre­vail­ing the­sis is con­fronted by […]

Ruth Richards’s excel­lent book, Every­day Cre­ativ­ity fea­tures an essay by Mark A. Runco called “To Under­stand is to Cre­ate.” In this essay, Runco argues for three stages of cre­ativ­ity, pick­ing […]0April 4, 2009

Postconventionality and creativity

Ruth Richards’s excel­lent book, Every­day Cre­ativ­ity fea­tures an essay by Mark A. Runco called “To Under­stand is to Cre­ate.” In this essay, Runco argues for three stages of cre­ativ­ity, picking […]

I’ve argued before in this blog about the con­strict­ing ele­ments of copy­right: that the mate­r­ial you are look­ing for is harder to come by in legit­i­mate form. (The full score […]0April 2, 2009

Respect for copyright

I’ve argued before in this blog about the con­strict­ing ele­ments of copy­right: that the mate­r­ial you are look­ing for is harder to come by in legit­i­mate form. (The full score […]

There seems no end to sci­en­tists try­ing to tie all the abstract loose ends of music into a neat lit­tle bow. The lat­est efforts explore the ways music can take […]0March 29, 2009

Music is medicine

There seems no end to sci­en­tists try­ing to tie all the abstract loose ends of music into a neat lit­tle bow. The lat­est efforts explore the ways music can take […]

Recently I posted about court­ing the per­form­ers who can help you have a suc­cess­ful career. This prompted one of my staunchest sup­ports — a muse, you might even say — […]1March 24, 2009

Thank your muse!

Recently I posted about court­ing the per­form­ers who can help you have a suc­cess­ful career. This prompted one of my staunchest sup­ports — a muse, you might even say — […]

I’m read­ing Howard Gardner’s influ­en­tial book on mul­ti­ple intel­li­gences, Frames of Mind. Gard­ner adds this quote from Arnold Schoen­berg, “hardly known for his sentimentality”: Music is a suc­ces­sion of tones […]0March 23, 2009

Schoenberg the sentimentalist?

I’m read­ing Howard Gardner’s influ­en­tial book on mul­ti­ple intel­li­gences, Frames of Mind. Gard­ner adds this quote from Arnold Schoen­berg, “hardly known for his sen­ti­men­tal­ity”: Music is a suc­ces­sion of tones […]

Bob Dylan has an inter­view on his web­site in which he has some inter­est­ing things to say about audi­ences and styles. About the craft of cre­at­ing music, for instance, he says: […]0March 18, 2009

Bob Dylan on audiences

Bob Dylan has an inter­view on his web­site in which he has some inter­est­ing things to say about audi­ences and styles. About the craft of cre­at­ing music, for instance, he says: […]

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