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ORCHESTRA
The instrumental re-imagining of vocal music by Gerald Finzi, a countryside composer and apple grower
Gerald Finzi was an English composer whose work and lifestyle were immersed in the culture of his country, remaining...
Music Theory
Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures
In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although...
Classical Guitar
Matteo Carcassi's guitar etudes of early Romanticism are still relevant for teaching classical guitar
Matteo Carcassi was an Italian guitar composer whose creative period coincided with the expansion of classical music...
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SAROD
Sakhawat Hussain's sarod cast a magical spell rooted in the Afghan rubab traditions
Sakhawat Hussain Khan was an Indian musician whose outstanding performing technique on sarod could serve as a starting...
Nature Sounds
Crickets choir: musical examples imitating rhythmic patterns of chorusing insects
One of the most mesmerizing sounds in nature is the bizarre rhythmic patterns generated by chorusing insects. While...
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PIANO
Scandalous piano experiments by George Antheil shocked early avant-garde scene
George Antheil was an American pianist and composer whose extraordinary works are mainly associated with the avant-garde...
PIANO
Germaine Tailleferre as a member of Les Six composers group guided by Jean Cocteau
Germaine Tailleferre was a gifted pianist and composer whose role in the search for new French musical aesthetics of the...
ORCHESTRA
Franz Berwald: iconic composer of Scandinavian Romanticism was forced to earn a living as an orthopedist
Franz Berwald was a Swedish composer whose works were not particularly popular during his lifetime but who, decades...
GUITAR
The art of Caribbean rhythms by the Garifuna Collective
Garifuna music is closely related to the culture of the Garifuna people living primarily on the Caribbean coast of...
ORCHESTRA
Сontemporary orchestration of early Italian music by Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna was an outstanding Italian conductor and composer whose music was mostly associated with avant-garde and...
Album
Surrealistic Pillow as the ultimate psychedelic experience pioneered by Jefferson Airplane
Released in 1967, Surrealistic Pillow was Jefferson Airplane's second album which not only set a departure point for the...
Classical Guitar
The guitar caprices of Luigi Legnani imbued with famous Paganini works
Luigi Legnani was a guitar composer whose most active years coincided with the rise of the Romantic period which was...
Music Theory
Lydian mode: famous examples throughout the music history
Major and minor modes are the most used diatonic scales in classical and popular music due to their versatile structure...
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Gauhar Jaan: India's first-ever recorded musician
The first-ever recording of Indian music was made by Fred Gaisberg, an American musician and engineer traveling around...
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Traditions of Malian music spread worldwide through Afel Bocoum and Damon Albarn collaboration
The famous Malian songwriter Afel Bocoum began his musical career in the 1960s at the age of thirteen when he joined the...
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Symphonic scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold established new standards in the film industry
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian pianist and composer whose contribution to film music has actually set the...
Violin
Ernest Chausson as the first promoter of nascent impressionism
Ernest Chausson was a composer who, despite his rather humble body of work, still played a crucial role in the history...
Poetry
The best Qawwali lyrics performed by prominent singers of the century
Phool Khil Jaaye by Abida Parveen and Asrar Shah Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe Oh maula Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe Mere...
PIANO
The avant-garde tango by Horacio Salgán that shocked audiences in the 1950s
Horacio Salgán was an Argentinean pianist who took the concept of how tango should sound and flipped it on its head by...
ORCHESTRA
The first English musical criticism written by Charles Avison argued that music evokes purely positive emotions
The fascination with the innermost working of the human mind and the nature of its response to certain triggers have...
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