20st Century Classical

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Contemporary Composer

The path to Earth's orbit for Errollyn Wallen's music

A modern composer, songwriter, and singer Errollyn Wallen was recounted by The Observer as a "renaissance woman of...
ORCHESTRA

A story of love and friendship in the music of World War I

Frederick Septimus Kelly, a gifted Australian-born musician who spent much of his life in England, was among the...
Classical Guitar

Miguel Llobet delivered flawless skill to future stars of classical guitar worldwide

Miguel Llobet was a Spanish guitar player, teacher, and composer whose contribution to the development of both classical...
Classical Guitar

The native heart of Peruvian folk as explored by ethnomusicologist Alomía Robles

It has been a little more over a century since the Peruvian composer Alomía Robles crossed the Andes in search of...
SONGWRITER

The timeless tragedy of Molly Malone

Not many songs can boast international recognition of being so deeply and fondly Irish the way Molly Malone does. Also...
FILM

The unique music garden of Toru Takemitsu

Widely considered to be the greatest composer in the classical music tradition in modern Japan, Toru Takemitsu merged...
Classical Guitar

The sorely short career of the Abreu brothers duo

The brothers Sérgio and Eduardo Abreu were active during the 60’s and the early 70’s and are considered by many the best... 3 comments
ORCHESTRA

Sommernacht poem found its composer in a Swiss romantic after a century

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) was a remarkable Swiss composer during the first half of the twentieth century. In contrast...
Classical Guitar

Mariachi tradition and Cuban dances live in the informal hymn of Mexico

Arturo Márquez was born in 1950, in Alamos, a town deeply immersed in the Sonoran desert. His father played the violin...
Clarinet

National holiday as a birthday gift for Denmark's biggest composer

Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931) was one of the major symphonists of the postromantic epoch and Denmark's most eminent...
Classical Guitar

Birds of the Amazon taught Villa-Lobos music

Primarily self-taught, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) spent his early years absorbing the styles of...
ORCHESTRA

Things Lost In The Fire: Norwegian folk of Geirr Tveitt

The very mindful application of folk music to classical during the early 20th century became a global trend since every...
Classical Guitar

The voice that carried guitar over the barriers of Cultural Revolution

Born in Beijing following the Cultural Revolution—during which Western music and instruments were banned—Xuefei Yang ...
ORCHESTRA

'English Dances' creator was fascinated by jazz in youth

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921–2006), British composer and conductor, has an impressive body of work to his name,...
Classical Guitar

Dona Monina Távora's legacy kept alive through her brilliant followers

Adolfina Raitzin, one of the criminally hidden talents of the 20th century, was born in Argentina in 1921. Her father...
ORCHESTRA

'Mysterious Mountain' creator was not thrilled with its popularity

American composer Alan Hovhaness is perhaps most known for his work Mysterious Mountain, or Symphony No.2, which proved...
Violin

Belated appreciation for the history-making Florence Price

The modern rediscovery of the little-known African-American composer Florence Price only began in 2009, when a large...
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
Classical Guitar

Spanish guitar maestro who invented footstool wrote the Nokia tune

Spanish maestro Francisco Tárrega had a colossal influence on the guitar development—in terms of both technical...
ORCHESTRA

The most performed contemporary composer grew up with Bob Marley music

Jennifer Higdon is a contemporary composer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Awards. According to a recent...
Classical Guitar

The world's first gramophone record for Paraguayan guitar

South American guitar maestro Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) was born into a large family with seven sons in the...
WILLIAM BLAKE

Prog rock version of Jerusalem was banned by BBC

Jerusalem is a British national song based on a poem by William Blake printed in 1808. At the heart of the poem is the... 4 comments
ORCHESTRA

Im Sommerwind is an atypical work of the typical modernist composer

Austrian composer Anton Webern rose to fame as a member of the Second Viennese School, a prominent movement known for...
ORCHESTRA

Romeo and Juliet eclipsed by the tragic beauty of Chinese Butterfly Lovers

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is one of the best known classical orchestra pieces in China, though a vast...
ORCHESTRA

Mother of film score genre learned music through BBC radio broadcasts

Doreen Mary Carwithen, also known as Mary Alwyn, was the first student to be selected from the Royal Academy to join an...
Cello

The Catalan virtuoso was discovered by Albéniz in a cafe band

Pablo Casals (1876—1973) was a Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor, known for his virtuosic technique, and skilled...
Classical Guitar

William Walton forgot that his only guitar work was written for guitar

Great guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of composers to contribute to the creation of the modern...
ORCHESTRA

The lively nature of A Color Symphony emerged from the Great War horrors

A Colour Symphony, dedicated to the legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult, was the first major orchestral work by the...
FILM

Star Wars meets Baroque classics

The long-spanning Star Wars saga is embedded into our consciousness not only with its visual motifs but also its iconic...
ORCHESTRA

English Idyll through the eyes of the Lost Generation hero

Promising English composer George Butterworth appeared to show no interest in writing symphonic music, instead...

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