January's Cloak

Musician {decent string player, mediocre keyboard player, aspiring woodwind player}, musicologist, hymn nerd (LCMS), Hohner Pianet enthusiast, Telemann acolyte

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I wrote a blog post about my 2026 musical projects - https://t.co/zBWODMc54S

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"Crossing the Stream" from Music of Ireland
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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This is a German tune called "Wie lieblich schallt."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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"The Banks of Banna" from The Music of Ireland
#mandolinmonday #mandolin

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This is a German tune called "Nun, ade, du mein lieb' Heimatland."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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I've been frantically/desperately/anxiously working on my Telemann Lieder-Buch project (https://t.co/fUrX4Ti1EQ). I edited some more videos this morning, so now I have at least enough to get to the end of the year.

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"It's a Pity I Can't See My Love" from Music of Ireland
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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This is a German tune called "Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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"Were I a Clerk" from Music of Ireland
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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This is a German tune called "Hinaus in die Ferne."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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"Kathleen O'Moore" from Music of Ireland
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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Telemann: Menuet, TWV 34:12
I transposed this from B minor to A minor so it's easier to play on mandolin.
#Telemann #mandolin #mandolinmonday

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This is a German tune called "An der Saale hellem Strande."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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"The Morning Air" from Music of Ireland
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To-day's the fiftieth anniversary of this Band concert:
https://t.co/P01tocvwG4

[The Who @TheWho]

Six months after The Who release their debut album, 'The Kids Are Alright' is released as a single in the US July 1966. The promo video for the song filmed in Hyde Park, London.

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Telemann: Menuet, TWV 34:19
I transposed it from C minor to A minor so that it was easier to play on mandolin.
#Telemann #mandolin #mandolinmonday

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This is a German tune called "Stirb, Lieb' und Freud'."
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

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I figured out some more of the Hohner Pianet solo in the Zombies' "Indication." This is roughly what Rod sings along to. Some of my note values may need refining, but I'm pretty confident in the pitches.
#TheZombies #Indication #iseeNord

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"If All the Young Ladies" from Music of Ireland
#mandolin #mandolinmonday

[The Alan Parsons Project @TheOfficialAPP]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe.

Released on 25th June 1976, it was the debut album from The Alan Parsons Project. Conceived by Eric Woolfson, with many of the songs written before he had met Alan Parsons, the album drew its inspiration from the works of American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe.

A remarkable beginning to a remarkable catalogue.

Listen to it again here: https://t.co/cyg6dXqA74