Over the years I have written a number of papers on various topics, and I have decided to share some of them here with you. My views are hardly static, and I cannot say I still agree with all that I have written. Nevertheless, I hope you find these papers interesting, informative, and thought-provoking. 

Yes, you will find typos.

Furtwängler and Mackerras:
Two Approaches to Brahms's Fourth Symphony

"In performing the music of any composer, a musician must formulate a philosophy toward the interpretation of a piece whose composer, more often than not, has departed from this world..."
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Beethoven Violin Concerto: 
Franz Clement and the Viotti School

"Beethoven's Violin Concerto is in many ways a Janus-faced work. Written for and premiered by Franz Clement, the Concerto was introduced to a world dominated by the opposing Viotti School of violin playing..."
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Mendelssohn and Brahms:
A Compositional Link

"Thirteen years before he recognized Brahms as 'destined to give ideal expression to the times,' Schumann had already seen the same in Mendelssohn..."
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