Henri Casadesus was an early 20th-century violist, composer, and music publisher. As co-founder of the Society of Ancient Instruments along with Camille Saint-Saëns, Casadesus helped to bring attention to early music and promote historical instruments and performing styles. One of
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What a Japanese Television Drama Teaches Musicians About Band Agreements
In Quartet, the Japanese television drama about a string quartet called Quartet Doughnuts Hole, Maki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu meet in a Tokyo karaoke bar. Maki, a semi-retired professional, plays first violin. Beppu plays second violin, Iemori plays viola, and…
Bach’s Coffee Cantata and Contracts as Relationship Design
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Coffee Cantata is not what most people expect from Bach. It’s not a Passion, a fugue, or solemn church music composed for performance under the vaulted ceilings of a centuries-old church. Nor was it written to be…
Backdating — When Something Isn't as Old as It Appears
I was 16 years old and performing a violin solo on live television for the first time. I stood in a cavernous cathedral holding my violin as the organ played a mournful introduction. The music seemed to hang in the…
When it Comes to the Section 199A Deduction, It Doesn’t Matter if a Performing Artist is “Really Terrible”
Founded in Edinburgh more than 30 years ago, the Really Terrible Orchestra – yes, that’s really its name – gives amateur musicians a place to play and perform together. The point of the orchestra isn’t to compete with the major…
Why A “Binding” Contract Doesn’t Really Bind the Parties
The virus hit me like a ton of bricks. I could barely eat or get out of bed for two days, and my string quartet had a big performance. This wasn’t a professional engagement; we were one of several groups…
What Makes a Violin Unique and Why AI Can’t (Yet) Replace Humans In Contract Preparation
Violins made by Antonio Stradivari (called “Strads”) in the late-Seventeenth and early-Eighteenth centuries are widely considered the best ever made. Yet for more than three centuries, musicians, collectors, scientists, and instrument makers (luthiers) have tried to determine why Strads stand…
Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pies And Why Customer Satisfaction Doesn’t Override Health Laws
In the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop is struggling until she starts baking Sweeney Todd’s murder victims into her meat pies. Customers eagerly line up outside the shop to purchase Ms. Lovett’s…
Court Vacates FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule
When I saw Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway, it was interesting to see the orchestra placed above and behind the stage so it became part of the audience’s visual experience. In most musicals, the orchestra is in an orchestra…
Leaving the Land of No
Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto is one of the pillars of the violin repertoire. When Tchaikovsky wrote his violin concerto, he dedicated it to Leopold Auer, one of the leading violinists of his day. But Auer refused to perform it.Tchaikovsky had written…