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Paul Sheftel is an extensively published editor, composer and pioneer in MIDI technology instructional materials. He has performed, lectured and conducted workshops throughout the country He serves on the Juilliard School faculty and maintains a private teaching studio in New York City.
I LOVE your clever compositions, such as Habluesinations and Blue Thousand and One (Also Sprach Zarabluestra). Have you always been a glutton for "pun"-ishment?
I enjoyed word play even as a child.
One favorite game is "if I were ...?"
If I were Jacques Ibert, I'd name my son Ted. If I were Ligeti, I'd write a piece called Ligeti's Split. Samuel Barber? I'd pen The Rossini of Seville. Phillip Roth? I'd have a vineyard so people could admire The Grapes of Roth.
My first encounter with your clever music was Not Fur Elise. How did that come about?
That's ... ah ... buried too deeply in the dark ....
Source: HighBeam Research, 5 minutes with ... Paul Sheftel.(Interview)