the trumpet and the gong. We are introduced to the building blocks of various music traditions, such as the raga and tala in Indian classical music. Examined, too, are innovations and their uninte ...

Back in 1961, aspiring young California artists and intellectuals would congregate at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park ... year in “The Silver Snarling Trumpet.” Best known for providing ...

From Henry Purcell to Joseph Haydn, here are some of the best pieces of music ever written for the trumpet. The trumpet is one of our oldest instruments, dating back over 500 years, when it was used ...

Jerry Garcia is the only member of the Grateful Dead who appears in The Silver Snarling Trumpet, so those looking ... Bob Ruggiero has been writing about music, books, visual arts and ...

Lucky for you, there are endless great books about music to turn to when you want to immerse yourself in the glory of your favorite artists but need to give your precious ears a rest. As for ...

Reading books that both appreciate Black music's existence and celebrate its ... Musician Jessie Choi swears off playing the trumpet after a mishap during a school performance, but when her ...

He is a father of three (one daughter died last year) and grandfather of three and passed his love of music to his sons. His new trumpet, which he said he's still getting used to playing ...

But I heard you play the solo, and your trumpet sound won me over. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) M GREEN: I was very shy. I'd never had a steady girlfriend before. I might have just turned 20. And we were ...

Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were ...