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We are so accustomed to stories of child prodigies whose careers take off in their 20s that we sometimes forget that there are many composers who languish in a semi-obscurity before they are “discovered”.  The great French pianist/conductor a

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It is almost certainly the best-known Christian hymn in the English-speaking world.  You can hear it at funerals.  You can hear it played by bagpipes.  You can hear it in gospel churches.  Its text– “Amazing grace, how sweet a sound that s

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I’ve always felt just a little bad for Franz Josef Haydn.  It is impossible to overestimate his influence on composers both in his lifetime and in the century that followed.  Both Mozart and Beethoven considered him a mentor; composers of string q

275 Years and Going Strong! 2018 Pledge Form for St. John’s Episcopal Church, Stamford, CT With grateful heart(s), I/we return to God a portion of what He has graciously given me/us to support St. John’s mission:To live the love of God with hearts ope