Who was the first composer of classical music? What is a Baroque spirit when playing music? Who is Tchaikovsky? How much of Requiem did Mozart write? What is ornamentation in Baroque music? What period did Tchaikovsky compose in? What does allegro maestoso mean in music?
What was Mozart composing when he died? Who wrote the song Rondo in Baroque music? What is a sonata allegro in music? What new genre began during the Baroque period? What musical era was Beethoven a part of? Who is Tchaikovsky?
The 19th was the great age of theRomanticsymphony, beginning with the likes of Beethoven,Schubert,SchumannandMendelssohnand culminating in Brahms and his great contemporariesDvořák,Tchaikovsky(whose hyper-emotionalPathétiquemight be the quintessential Romantic symphony) and Bruckner. ...
In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of youthful patriots who seriously set themselves to right the wrongs done to their race or nation or . . . art or self-expression. —Alice Dunbar Nelson 31 Art is an id...
Bram Tchaikovsky Strange Man, Changed Man 1979 Brian Auger Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express 1971 Brian Eno & David Byrne My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts 1981 Brinsley Schwartz Nervous On The Road 1972 Brinsley Schwartz Despite It All 1970 Brinsley Schwartz Silver Pistol 1972 Buck Owens I’ve Got...
For over 20 years,Beethovenhad been fascinated with German poet Friedrich Schiller’s haunting poemAn die Freude(‘Ode to Joy’). Penned by Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1808, it was the latter version that formed the basis for Beethoven’s famous musical setting in hisNinth Symphony. ...
I am starting to study the Russian operas and I understand that the lyric soprano repertoire in operas by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff is very close to my voice, but we will talk about this later. Really, thanks to my teachers, thanks to the conductors whom I met who advised me to ...
Mine changes pretty frequently; a moving performance of something from a certain musical period tends to renew my interest in it. Here are some basic definitions for you (and perhaps your students). Please share what your (current) favorite musical period is, and what makes it your favorite...
The Nutcrackerhas never been my favourite ballet (and Tchaikovskyhatedit) and one of the reasons is that Act 1 has always been overrun by children with instructions to act like brats. Last night was a pleasant departure from this. All the little masked children were kept downstage except when...
of Tchaikovsky’s 1892Nutcrackerballet, based on that memorable descending major scale motif. A little bit more Bernstein (and choreography) with the Symphonic Dances fromWest Side Story(all of them? That’ll be the longest item of the night), assembled in 1960, three years after the musical...