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merlin

May 23, 2015, 09:30:06 AM
Hi everyone.  I have been perusing some of the topics at this forum with great interest, and have decided to register.

I play classical and improvisational piano.  Started lessons at 5-1/2 until about 14, but stopped for many years until purchasing a piano in 1994.  I can play through lots of Beethoven and Bach, which are my favorites.

My listening includes Bruckner symphonies, which I only "discovered" about two months ago, Beethoven symphonies and solo piano, and Bach (mostly solo piano).

I look forward to learning and sharing with others.

bhodges

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May 23, 2015, 09:45:47 AM
Hello, merlin, and welcome. I see you are in Northern New Mexico, a part of the country I love very much. (My mother lived in Santa Fe for many years, and I have been out there often.)

And a big Bruckner fan here, too!

--Bruce

Karl Henning

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May 23, 2015, 04:58:14 PM
Welcome to GMG!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Ken B

#3
May 23, 2015, 06:06:34 PM
Welcome.
Named for the wizard or the engine?

Mirror Image

#4
May 23, 2015, 07:46:47 PM
Welcome aboard! Jump right in! 8)

Hollywood

#5
May 23, 2015, 11:35:16 PM
Howdy merlin. Greetings from Beethoven's Heiligenstadt. Welcome to the forum.  8)
"There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

A Hollywood born SoCal gal living in Beethoven's Heiligenstadt (Vienna, Austria).

aligreto

#6
May 24, 2015, 01:48:38 AM
You are very welcome aboard merlin  :)

mc ukrneal

#7
May 25, 2015, 01:51:08 AM
Welcome and enjoy yourself!
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Lisztianwagner

#8
May 25, 2015, 09:13:56 AM
Welcome to the forum, Merlin! :)
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

merlin

#9
May 25, 2015, 09:42:27 AM
Many thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! 

I have barely scratched the surface of the plethora of knowledge and experience here, but have posted some, mostly in the Bruckner forum.

vandermolen

#10
June 07, 2015, 10:12:19 AM
Welcome from me too.  :)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Cato

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June 26, 2015, 07:57:37 AM
Quote from: merlin on May 23, 2015, 09:30:06 AM
Hi everyone.  I have been perusing some of the topics at this forum with great interest, and have decided to register.

I play classical and improvisational piano.  Started lessons at 5-1/2 until about 14, but stopped for many years until purchasing a piano in 1994.  I can play through lots of Beethoven and Bach, which are my favorites.

My listening includes Bruckner symphonies which I only "discovered" about two months ago, Beethoven symphonies and solo piano, and Bach (mostly solo piano).

I look forward to learning and sharing with others.

Greetings!

Be sure to check the Bruckner topic and let us know about your preferences in performances! Also give our resident composers a chance at the "Composing and Performing" topic: Karl Henning, Luke Ottevanger, F.D. Leone (San Antonio Rows), etc.
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