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Mayda Narvey

Dec 17, 2023
2 min

A Short Reflection on Time

There is a prayer that never fails to move me in the Shabbat service I play for on Friday evenings at West London Synagogue. 'We bless...

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Mayda Narvey

Oct 5, 2023
8 min

A Life of One's Own

It was in the mid 1980's at a time of some personal turmoil and indecision that I walked into a book shop in Ottawa, Canada and pulled a...

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Mayda Narvey

Oct 5, 2023
7 min

Olivier Messiaen and the Birds

OLIVIER MESSIAEN AND THE BIRDS I think I am not alone in having found solace during the pandemic in the sky, the clouds, the trees and,...

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Mayda Narvey

May 28, 2020
10 min

Complete History of Music: Lesson 10

Hello friends and fellow music history enthusiasts. This is the last lesson in our tour of Western music. It's been quite the journey....

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Mayda Narvey

May 21, 2020
8 min

Complete History of Music: Lesson 9

Hello friends and welcome back to the penultimate lesson of this whirlwind tour of Western music. I left you thinking about the polymaths...

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Mayda Narvey

May 14, 2020
8 min

Complete History of Music: Lesson 8

Hello music history enthusiasts and welcome back. I left you listening to the haunting Op.27 No. 1 Nocturne of Chopin and perhaps...

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Mayda Narvey

May 7, 2020
8 min

Complete History of Music: Lesson 7

Welcome back dear music history enthusiasts (and welcome any of you who have decided to jump in at Lesson 7). This lesson looks at two...

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Mayda Narvey

May 1, 2020
6 min

Complete History of Music: Lesson 6

Hello dear friends and fellow music lovers. When I last saw you we had been listening to Beethoven and thinking about melody and harmony...

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Mayda Narvey

Apr 24, 2020
8 min

A Complete History of Music: Lesson 5

Hello and welcome to Lesson 5 of A Complete - or slightly incomplete! - History of Music. We were looking last time at the life and...

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Mayda Narvey

Apr 17, 2020
7 min

A Complete History of Music: Lesson 4

Hello music lovers and welcome to Lesson 4 of this whirlwind tour of Western Music. I am beginning to think it is notable for all that I...

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Mayda Narvey

Apr 9, 2020
6 min

A Complete History of Music: Lesson 3

Welcome to Lesson 3 of our whirlwind tour of music history! If you have come back, I'm very pleased. If you are just starting here, you...

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Mayda Narvey

Apr 2, 2020
5 min

A Complete History of Music: Lesson 2

A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons: 2 Hello again and welcome back! If you're joining for the first time, Lesson 1 is a quick read...

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Mayda Narvey

Mar 26, 2020
5 min

A Complete History of Music in Ten Lessons

Welcome to Lesson 1 of 'A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons'. This course is aimed at music lovers, amateur instrumentalists and...

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