Exposition starts at 0:32. Exposition repeat at 4:45. Development section starts at 8:26. Recapitulation at 10:09.

One quibble I have on the "constitution not for export" point is that the DOI and Constitution created a fertile ground for the dominance of American culture across the globe. John Williams was conducting the score for Phantom Menace with the London Philharmonic in the late 90s.

"To be sure, music is a miracle - shall we therefore refrain from thinking about it? What miracle wants of us is not that we, as thinking beings, shall capitulate to it, but rather that we shall do justice to it in our thinking. Precisely because music is a miracle,

All of the arts are forms of imitation. A confusion of artists (actors especially) is that their craft is imitating things instead of living the art. (This is the synthesis of Stanislavsky and Aristotle.)

Yes. Many artists that possess the talent to succeed often use their neuroses out of fear, so they have an “excuse” to not execute/finish their projects.

Michael Ya, Origin of the Work of Art. I understand that the pre Socratics had not thought to bifurcate logos and physis, and this served as an basis for an ontology of the clearing/concealing event of Truth that takes place “between” world and earth in art. My question on

I miss practicing piano.... there's been so much music to write this year and very little time to just sit down and work up a new piece.

Chopin poast.

Passed $5k donations benchmark. Soon I’ll post “passed $10k” ….then 20, 50, fully funded. America250 Symphony Recording project can be supported at this link: givesendgo.com/A250symphony

Yes. Working on large, tax deductible donation option that would work through a fiscal sponsor and count towards the GiveSendGo total. Should be ready in a week or so!

Every trip I didn’t take, every hookup I refused, every party I blew off to practice the next morning, every safe path I rejected — what you hear below is the sum total of those decisions over a lifetime. It’s enough for me. More than enough.