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Violin
Devil's Trill Sonata: Giuseppe Tartini was unable to recreate Lucifer's music played in his dream
Despite its ominous title, the Devil's Trill Sonata is a gentle and peaceful Baroque piece for solo violin accompanied...
SAROD
The mohan veena: classic instrument developed by Radhika Mohan Maitra is a child of veena, sarod, and sitar
Radhika Mohan Maitra was an outstanding Bengali musician who enriched the Hindustani classical tradition by not only...
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SAXOPHONE
Pixinguinha: Brazilian saxophonist who established choro music as a pop genre
Pixinguinha, born Alfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr., was an iconic figure in Brazilian popular music who defined its new forms...
Nature Sounds
Cantus Arcticus: bird calls arranged for orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara were taped in Northern Finland
Cantus Arcticus is a three-part orchestral work created by the eminent Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara with the...
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ORCHESTRA
The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne
The Flower Duet is a famous operatic duet which popularity has spread far beyond interests of classical music audience...
Electric Guitar
Adrian Belew's spellbinding guitar tricks saturate prog music with the sounds of space
American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adrian Belew managed to extract entirely extraordinary sounds from his...
Poetry
Zefiro Torna: famous madrigal by Monteverdi lauds the west wind that brings spring
Originating in the 14th century as a poetic form, the madrigal is a short poem of lyrical content. During the...
SONGWRITER
The morna: essential music of the Cape Verde archipelago reached mainland thanks to Cesária Évora's voice
With roots in the 18th-century Cape Verde, the morna music is a vital and culturally definitive genre of the archipelago...
ORCHESTRA
Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage
The glass armonica is one of many curious instruments that came into use with small ensembles during the transition from...
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Vihuela
Orphénica Lyra: the largest collection of vihuela music introduced by Miguel de Fuenllana
Vihuela is a Renaissance-era musical instrument similar to a modern mini guitar. It is believed that the first vihuelas...
SITAR
The tapped harmonics of Balaram Pathak's sitar
Balaram Pathak was not only one of the most talented Indian classical musicians of the 20th century but also the mind...
Music Theory
Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras
From Middle Ages to modernity, Western music has been largely based on diatonic scales that organize seven notes into...
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PIANO
Spanish motifs contributed by Emmanuel Chabrier to the rise of Impressionism in France
Emmanuel Chabrier was a French composer of the Romantic era whose legal career forced him to study and write music...
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Jacob do Bandolim: amateur musician who instilled mandolin fashion throughout America
Jacob Pick Bittencourt, nicknamed Jacob do Bandolim or Mandolin Jacob, was a Brazilian musician and composer working in...
Choir
Mass in B minor: how to separate original scores of J.S. Bach from his son's later edits?
The Mass in B minor is one of the latest works of J.S. Bach in which he set a liturgical Latin text to music. Clocking...
Koto
First compositions for koto presented out of court by Yatsuhashi Kengyō in the 17th century
Yatsuhashi Kengyō was a 17th-century Japanese composer who created a new concept of koto music, introducing the...
PIANO
Songs for Drella: the minimalistic tribute to Andy Warhol that united his beloved artists for the first time since 1960s
As an absolutely iconic figure in the visual art movement known as pop art, Andy Warhol had a profound influence on the...
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Pianola: the reproducing piano as the first Hi-Fi player and preservation capsule for recitals on piano rolls
Long before the recording era, mankind was already looking for ways to play music automatically. The earliest known...
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Classical Guitar
Serenata Española by Joaquim Malats: the piano piece that conquered guitar world
Serenata Española, written by Spanish piano virtuoso Joaquim Malats, has been the most popular work among guitarists for...
Veena
Muthuswami Dikshitar: South Indian composer and poet who embellished Carnatic repertoire 200 years ago
Muthuswami Dikshitar was the most influential Indian composer representing Carnatic tradition which is most present in...
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