but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he ...
Stirling has been named in Forbes magazine's, 30 Under 30 In Music: The Class Of 2015. Forbes notes her quarter-finalist position on America's Got Talent season five in 2010, a #2 position on the Billboard 200 for her second album Shatter Me in 2014, and her 6 million subscribers on...
and rose to the rank of Kapellmeister in 1679. He died during a plague epidemic only months after getting the position. Schmelzer was one of the most important violinists of the period, and an important influence on later German and Austrian composers for violin. He made substan...
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Scottish Opera invites applications for the position of 1st and 2nd Violin Rank & File. Players have a contractual guarantee of a minimum of 29 weeks of work per year, and in November each year receive 5 months’ notice of their contracted weeks of work for the year that commences from Apr...
to shift, but I guess with the standard "up tuning" indicated by Rachel Nesvig in the above video, the hardanger has the high string (what would be the violin E) tuned to F# - and so I guess the player could extend the 4th finger to get to that D without leaving 1st position. Don...
After completing her education, Benati took a position teaching harmony and counterpoint at the G.B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna. Dedicato ad un Artista Sheet Music Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial ...
"Discovering Rock Violin - 1. The Major Pentatonic Scale" (Chris Haigh) - great point about learning this in 3rd position and why! "Discovering Rock Violin - 3. Artificial Feedback" (Chris Haigh) - to get that special sound on an acoustic violin! ...a little Music Theory is starting...
I think the dB meter registers higher sound levels than my ear, because the ear is in the acoustic shade of my head in my normal playing position, whereas the dB meter has the microphone sitting 25-50 mm (1-2 in) from my ear, with a better "view" of the violin body. If I turn...
Tonight's practice was atrocious. It was 40 minutes of my current, usual list of tunes and I couldn't hit notes, the bow skittered, and I couldn't keep the viola up in position! Other than that, it was fine!😡 The old curmudgeon!