What is music? Many people would say music is a series of sounds. But impressionist composer Claude Debussy took the opposite approach and said, “music is the silence between the notes.” Music actually is more than simply sound and silence.
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It’s the End of the CDC Rent Moratorium–What’s Next?
During Act I of Puccini’s opera La Boheme, a group of destitute artists gather in their garret to celebrate having received food, wine, and money one of them has collected from a nobleman. Their revelry is interrupted by a
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Pros and Cons of Equity Crowdfunding for Real Estate Investments
Crowdfunding is an easy and popular way to raise money. According to MarketWatch, the world crowdfunding market was $12.27 billion in 2020 and is expected to more than double to $25.8 billion by 2027.Classical music isn’t immune to crowdfunding.
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Employers Can Require COVID-19 Vaccines
Earlier this month, the Baltimore Symphony (BSO) fired principal flutist Emily Skala from a job she had held for more than 30 years. The BSO didn’t publicly state the reason for her dismissal except to say it was for repeated
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Victims of the CDC Eviction Moratorium
Most people think of Carnegie Hall as a performance venue for musicians. But when Andrew Carnegie built the building, he added apartments over the Hall. Called the Studio Towers, these 170 apartments were also designed to be artists’ studios,
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Evaluating Real Estate Investments — Cash-on-Cash Return
Most serious musicians eventually need to learn music theory. Like studying grammar when learning a language, music theory helps musicians understand how music is structured. Music consists of some combination of pitch (single sound), horizontal (multiple sounds played in sequences
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American Families Plan and Real Estate Investments – 1031 Exchanges
Although I was primarily a violinist, I also played the clarinet. When most people think of the clarinet, they think of the “standard” b-flat clarinet. But there actually are seven or eight different types of clarinets covering a wide pitch
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American Families Plan and Real Estate Investments–Stepped-up Basis
Looking at this year’s list of Oscar nominees, I was drawn to the name of a live short nominee, “A Concerto is a Conversation,” because it was about the premiere of Kris Bowers’ violin concerto. Intrigued, I decided
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American Families Plan and Real Estate Investments–Capital Gains and Carried Interests
Most people have heard Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man.” Written for a robust brass section of four French horns, three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, plus a timpani, bass drum, and tam-tam, Copeland’s fanfare is the
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Interpreting Laws–Why It’s Harder Than It Looks
“Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.” – Robert G. IngersollSome would say that although words are the language of thought, music is the language of
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