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ORCHESTRA

The symbiosis of music and architecture in mathematical glissandi by Iannis Xenakis

The rapid growth of technology in the 20th century led to the beginning of a new era in the music industry when the... 3 comments
Organ

Organ symphonies by Louis Vierne, an eminent maestro of Notre Dame de Paris

Louis Vierne was an outstanding musician, teacher and composer of organ music who for almost 40 years held the... 2 comments
ORCHESTRA

The Skaters' Waltz: subtle harmonies of romantic dance music by Emile Waldteufel

Les Patineurs Valse or the Skaters' Waltz is arguably the most famous of Émile Waldteufel's works. A late Romantic ...
Classical Guitar

Dionisio Aguado's guitar method and tripodison guitar stand have been in use for 200 years

Dionisio Aguado y García was a Spanish composer who laid the foundations of modern performing techniques on classical... 4 comments
Percussion

First ever composition for solo percussion by Edgard Varèse ionized Zappa to choose a career in music

Edgard Varèse was one of the most innovative composers of the 20th century who not only developed his own concept of... 1 comment
Classical Guitar

Ferdinando Carulli: the Parisian sensation and décacorde guitar inventor

Ferdinando Carulli was among the most influential Italian guitarists whose music, textbooks, and instrument design... 2 comments
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...
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... 4 comments
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... 1 comment
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...
Manuscript

Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest

It is difficult to imagine, in the current digital world, the serious difficulties associated with recording any...
ORCHESTRA

The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic

The love story of Shakuntala is first mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit epic of the Mahābhārata which could be traced...
Classical Guitar

Giulio Regondi, the guitar prodigy behind early Romantic repertoire, was conned by false parent

Giulio Regondi was one of the most virtuosic guitarists of the early Romantic period who began earning flattering... 9 comments
PIANO

Gymnopédies: the ambient genre predicted by piano gems of late Romanticism

The term ambient music was introduced in the 1970s by the famous English experimenter Brian Eno who used newly invented...
FLUTE

The early collaboration of flute and viol in the court of Versailles

In one of his marvelous court paintings, André Bouys depicts four prominent composers working on a composition for... 5 comments
Classical Guitar

Guitar virtuoso Napoléon Coste suffered from acute piano phobia

The creative life of the brilliant French guitarist and composer Napoléon Coste happened to blossom during the Romantic... 1 comment
ORCHESTRA

The perfect union of Italian and French styles by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (née Elisabeth Jacquet) was one of the first female composers known to history, as...
PIANO

The American boom of Cécile Chaminade's Romantic piano

French Romantic composer Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade enjoyed considerable success, touring as a pianist and...
Cor Anglais

The alloy of melody and spoken word in the music of Reynaldo Hahn

Reynaldo Hahn was a Venezuelan-born—later naturalized French—composer, pianist, and singer who wrote in the French...
ORCHESTRA

The four elements of nature expressed in musical form by Jean-Féry Rebel

French composer Jean-Féry Rebel was born in 1666 to a distinguished musical family. His father and uncle were French...
PIANO

Gondolier songs as the inspiration behind the romantic genre of Barcarolle

Originally a Venetian gondolier’s song, Barcarolle is characterized by gently rocking rhythms reminiscent of the...
SONGWRITER

La Mer poem became an international hit after years of searching for a melody

Charles Trenet was one of the most influential popular French songwriters in the mid-20th century. A performer of...
Violin

150 composers contributed to La Folia through the centuries

La Folia is one of the most revered melodies in music history. Originating as a late fifteenth-century Portuguese dance...
PIANO

Choosing career in music got Rameau expelled from school

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) was one of the truly multifaceted French composers and theorists, with his theoretical...
PIANO

Influential music teacher Nadia Boulanger considered her music worthless

Juliette Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) was conductor, composer, and one of the most influential teachers of musical... 1 comment
FILM

Accordion for Amélie was discovered by a lucky accident

Amélie is a 2001 French romantic comedy classic directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet that depicts a contemporary yet...
ORCHESTRA

Famous harp masterpiece was created to show off a new instrument

François-Adrien Boieldieu's output of instrumental music was initially meager and virtually ceased once he became one of...
VIOLA

Indecent Ciaconne dance came from the New World and swept Europe off its feet

Chaconne or Ciaconne is a fiery dance popularized in Spain in 17th century which later gave birth to a new musical form...
ORCHESTRA

Saint-Saëns' French horn Romance in hand-free performance

Camille Saint-Saëns was an anomaly among French composers of the 19th century due to his proficiency in writing for all...
FIDDLE

The jig dance tradition: five centuries old and still counting

Jig is a folk dance that became popular in Scotland and northern England in the 16th century and in Ireland in the 18th...

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