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Jetlagged Manifesto

By Jeremy Denk | Published: May 25, 2010
I woke at 3:32 and stumbled over my open suitcase towards the kitchen, neither awake nor asleep, floating in time-purgatory. A slice of slightly crusty Monterey Jack from the back of the refrigerator did not bring comfort. All sorts of anxieties bubbled out of my last hour of sleep: even they were groggy, dazed … [...]
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Joshua Bell Tour Trauma: Meatball Edition

By Jeremy Denk | Published: April 12, 2010
Where have I been? What has happened to me? To explain, I might just as well begin with a particularly terrible bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs in Akron, Ohio. It was my very first meal of a tour with Joshua Bell, a violinist you may have heard of. Now, a pianist has a function, which [...]
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Whose Brahms?

By Jeremy Denk | Published: December 18, 2009
Recently, I came across an essay entitled Whose Brahms Is It Anyway? Puzzling: I assumed Brahms, that most organic of composers, had been purchased by Monsanto long ago. This essay has an alarming thesis: that the Brahms B-flat Concerto has been getting longer. The author (Walter Frisch) does not rely upon anecdotal evidence; he supplies [...]
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Schubert’s Killer Abs

By Jeremy Denk | Published: December 10, 2009
At least Hester Prynne got an “A” for her adultery. I’ve searched the alphabet up and down, and I can’t find a letter to testify to my shame. Of all the sinful confessions of Think Denk, ranging from lonely Cheetos to promiscuous metaphors, this is the darkest and deepest. Here goes:         Monday night, I went [...]
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