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… don’t even think of fixing it! by Linda Wright
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nd why should we care one way or the other about this odd Portuguese-derived word that translates as “misshapen pearl”? Well, circle up, dear readers, the Coastal Symphony of Georgia is launching its new season this month, and inquiring minds (should) want to know. There are musical pearls in this year’s program 78
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lineup, and wouldn’t it be fun to throw words like “baroque” into our everyday discourse? And actually know what we’re talking about? Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in D Major will lead off the September program, and everyone knows what a wild man Wolfgang Amadeus was during his brief life and in his 600+ compositions that continue a vibrant and highly
regarded musical canon of their own into the 21st Century. And, guess what? Yes, you got it in one. Mozart’s career began near the end of what is considered the Baroque period (15801750) of classical music. Mozart was one of the composers, and perhaps the most pivotal, who established the transition from Baroque, with its innovations of
