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This previously unpublished suite for 4-part chorus a capella shows delicious wit through
clever lyrics (from anon. 14th-c. Italian text) and unusual discordant harmonies.

For a detailed article on Erich Katz, read Mark Davenport's article from American Recorder magazine's Fall 2023 issue: The Legacy of Erich Katz

Those interested in seeing Erich Katz's original manuscript for Miscellaneous Thoughts on Music may download it here. 

This Members’ Library Edition is made possible by a generous donation from Hillyer Rudisill III (1935-2023). Hillyer was the founder and director of the Olde Pipes Recorder Consort at the Low Country Senior Center on James Island, South Carolina, which he led for ten years. An organist and organ builder, he taught recorder and was a professor of such various subjects as Latin, art, music, history and philosophy.