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Karl Henning

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

Karl Henning

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

George

"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Superhorn

   What's the difference between a piano and a fish ?  You can't tuna fish !

North Star

What do you get when you cross an agnostic, a dyslexic, and an insomniac? ... a person who stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

George

Quote from: North Star on August 13, 2015, 02:55:48 AM
What do you get when you cross an agnostic, a dyslexic, and an insomniac? ... a person who stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog.

;D
"I can't live without music, because music is life." - Yvonne Lefébure

Karl Henning

Quote from: James on October 05, 2015, 01:27:55 AM
I found music to be infinitely more fun once thinking entered the experience. That mindless jive just wasn't cutting it.
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

jochanaan

Karl, that's a statement we probably shouldn't overthink. :laugh:
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Karl Henning

"I didn't get here by thinking . . . ."
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

Quote from: karlhenning on October 06, 2015, 08:46:29 AM
"I didn't get here by thinking . . . ."

The US election thread is over there.

Super Blood Moon

Why don't people tell jokes about Jonestown?

Because the punch line is too long.  >:D

Mr. Three Putt

Leonard Bernstein was buried holding the score to Mahler's 5th against his chest. Unfortunately, there were other copies made.

(This would be funnier if it were Mahler's 7th)

Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Mr. Three Putt on October 06, 2015, 04:15:24 PM
Leonard Bernstein was buried holding the score to Mahler's 5th against his chest. Unfortunately, there were other copies made.

(This would be funnier if it were Mahler's 7th)

Well, I like it...  :D

8)
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Haydn: that genius of vulgar music who induces an inordinate thirst for beer - Mily Balakirev (1860)

Mr. Three Putt

If pain is a sign of weakness, leaving the body, then I have an amazing capacity for weakness. You'd think it would all be gone by now. Perhaps it leaves the body very slowly. This would be funnier if it weren't true.

SimonNZ

Quote from: George on March 06, 2011, 06:47:26 AM
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?"
   
"A finite number: one to perform the task and the remainder to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question."

;D

I know I'm four and a half years late saying it, but: I love this one.

Super Blood Moon


Todd

Inspired by current events: I said to my doctor I think I've got semi-affluenza.  He said that's a bit rich.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Karl Henning

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

jochanaan

Imagination + discipline = creativity

Scion7

Shishkoomba.

The sound sheep make when they explode.      :-\
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."