I am playing “Moon River” on the piano – that dreamy, famous melody from the romantic classic movie, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” It is music that deserves to be played gracefully, unlike my halting rhythm and jagged notes. From somewhere in the Great Beyond, I swear I heard Henry Mancini groan. I recently rekindled my piano playing after […]
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Hamilton’s Cascade of Creativity
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s life has inspired a recent cascade of creativity. First Ron Chernow wrote the Pulitzer-prize winning biography, “Alexander Hamilton,” which begat Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster, “Hamilton: The Musical.” Since its launch in 2015, the musical was the catalyst for a PBS special, a mixtape, and another book, “Hamilton: The Revolution,” a virtual matryoshka doll of stories nesting inside of stories: autobiography, biography and history.