When I first heard the word magalog, my eyes rolled! I didn’t like the sound of the word. Yet, it’s a perfect word to describe a lot of publications these days that combine the functions of magazine and catalogue. And now we’ve just published our first one!
We’re calling it Classical Arts/Music and our first issue begins with an article called “Where to Start” that guides newcomers through our courses. After that there are essays about Beethoven and his legacy, the connection between Science and the Arts at the court of French King Louis XIV, and an introduction to Russian culture: the magical Russian Waterways. Of course, we’re including a listing and description of our course materials and books.
The modern world of cyber-technologies allows one to do amazing things (like sit at home and buy a car on-line, or possibly even a house!). Or design a publication while working in the middle of the Caribbean Sea (that’s where we laid out this first edition a few weeks back while I was speaking on a ship). We hope you’ll enjoy the on-line version below. If you’re with us at conferences, stop by to visit with us and pick up Classical Arts/Music printed on real paper.
Of course we’d love to hear about features you’d like to us to include in our next edition. The possibilities are exciting for us. Most of all, we want the material to be useful and inspiring for you—our readers, our schools, and families of students.
One more thing: on the back cover we announced a new publication (in three volumes) that’s forthcoming. It’s a project so many of you encouraged us to tackle. For a while, it sat on the back burner, but we’ve moved it now to the front of the line and are steaming away!
Steaming away? Sounds like nautical talk from the 19th century, doesn’t it? Maybe in the next issue of Classical Arts/Music I can write an article on a topic I sometimes present while lecturing on the ships: “Music for Pirates.” (I’m not joking.) Meanwhile, let us know what you think of our new . . . okay, I’ll say it: magalog.
