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The Making of The Cohen Variations

The Making of The Cohen Variations

The song “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen is not the usual fare for GRAND PIANO PASSION™. Yet I found myself admiring the song’s seductive, haunting quality when I researched this mini-documentary on the making of The Cohen Variations.

Pulling Bach’s Music into 21st Century

Pulling Bach’s Music into 21st Century

I think the best definition of polyphony that I ever heard was from Arthur Jacobs, who defined it as “the simultaneous combination of two or more melodies to make musical sense.”