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    Angel with No Name
    Kurt Keefner
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Angel with No Name

    The name of one of music history's most most difficult sets of sonatas is unknown, but its beauty is evident.
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    The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
    Kurt Keefner
    • Mar 27, 2018
    • 11 min

    The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music

    What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
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    Sing, Little Bird!
    Kurt Keefner
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 5 min

    Sing, Little Bird!

    The beauty of baroque music is that it can be realized in so many ways. Four versions of the same sweet song.
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    Heroes and Shipwrecks:  Beethoven and Ayn Rand
    Kurt Keefner
    • Dec 17, 2017
    • 11 min

    Heroes and Shipwrecks: Beethoven and Ayn Rand

    In which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.
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    The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
    Kurt Keefner
    • Oct 24, 2017
    • 9 min

    The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith

    A musical that tells the tale of that force of nature, Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues
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    The Goddess of Love Makes Heroes of Us All
    Kurt Keefner
    • Sep 22, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Goddess of Love Makes Heroes of Us All

    Regarding the classic Bollywood video "Chaiyya, Chaiyya," and its erotic song and dance.
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