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Expertise

I can answer questions in Russian and about Russian and Soviet composers

Experience in the area

I am a professional translator with a broad (but non-degree) musical education, in and out of a conservatory

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Mensa

Publications

Cold War International History Project

Education/Credentials

B.A. Government

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Recent Answers from Gary Goldberg

2009-07-15 classical music:

Salaam aleikum! My apologies for not having answered this question earlier. I was travelling in France and Russia. Here's one defintion from an online dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/classical+music

2009-07-01 identifying composer:

In the case of Bach and Beethoven their output was so large (especially in the case of Bach) it would not be terribly difficult to match the style. The biggest difference would be the quality between

2009-05-11 request info:

Debora, do you want the original score by Puccini or the score to a modern arrangement? (I usually get scores from public music libraries). I somehow got the idea that the music was originally by Puccini

2008-07-13 musical interpretation:

I almost declined to answer the question because I'm not a performer myself and I don't know the piece (nor am I particularly knowledgeable about Bach's music) but the question has relevance to the subject

2008-06-05 1812 overture:

Well, most any piece of music has tone (tone color?), melody (except 12-tone/serial music), harmony, and some sort of form. Without listening to the piece again (which we all know :-) the growing conflict

 

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