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  • The Guitar by Pablo Picasso

    Moreno Torroba as the first-ever Spanish non-guitarist who composed for solo guitar

    Federico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer adored by his contemporaries largely for his stage works, especially the...
  • Soldier Playing the Theorbo by Ernest Meissonier

    The first-ever music for solo theorbo by Kapsberger

    Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger was an Italian composer of German origin whose creative activity occupied the transition...
  • The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

    Smokestack Lightning: the eternal Howlin' Wolf blues of the passing trains

    Smokestack Lightning is a song written by the Chicago blues singer Chester Arthur Burnett better known under his stage...
  • Muddy Waters LP

    Rollin' and Tumblin' as the essence of slide guitar technique combined with lyrics diversity

    Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before...
  • Terracotta Kylix by Dokimasia Painter

    5 songs featuring Dorian mode

    Out of all seven diatonic scales, the major and minor scales have been the two most prevalent in Western music...
  • Glencoe 1692 by John Blake Macdonald

    On the Massacre of Glencoe: Walter Scott lyrics set to Beethoven's arrangement of folk melody

    The Massacre of Glencoe is one of the darkest chapters in Scottish history which saw the treacherous slaughter of...
  • The Thunderstorm by Jan van Goyen

    8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms

    Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not...
  • The Soft Parade LP

    Wishful Sinful: atypical harmony of Robby Krieger

    Wishful Sinful is a song written by Robby Krieger for The Soft Parade released in 1969 by The Doors and considered to be...
  • Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna

    Merging traditions of Indian classic in jugalbandi duets of Balamuralikrishna

    Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an iconic composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose contributions to the...
  • Granville Bantock

    The 2020 guide to research of Granville Bantock's life and music

    Published by Clemson University Press in 2020, Granville Bantock (1868–1946) A Guide to Research by Dr. John C. Dressler...
  • Mandolin and Guitar by Pablo Picasso

    5 flamenco guitar pieces of Joaquín Turina as performed by the best guitarists of the 20th century

    Joaquín Turina is considered to be one of the most influential Spanish composers of the 20th century, especially for his...
  • Johann Joachim Quantz

    Early flute tuning improvements by Quantz

    Johann Joachim Quantz was a famous German flautist and music theorist who had a major influence on the evolution of his...
  • Bob Marley's Kaya album sleeve

    Easy Skanking: meaning and themes in the famous Bob Marley album opener

    Easy Skanking is the opening song on Bob Marley’s tenth studio album Kaya released in 1978 and preceding the historic...
  • The Gypsy Dance by Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa

    Zigeunerweisen: folk tunes meet the Csardas dance in Pablo de Sarasate's most popular work

    Zigeunerweisen is one of the best-known violin works based on Hungarian folk melodies and Romani music motifs as...
  • Muse Tuning the Lyra

    Popular songs using Lydian mode

    In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic...
  • Reefing the Sails by Christian Krohg

    Randy Dandy O: sea chantey for raising anchors and sailing around Cape Horn

    Randy Dandy O is one of the most famous sea shanties, a song genre presumed to have originated in the 19th century...
  • Disintegration LP

    Plainsong: The Cure's psychedelic liturgy on the edge of the world

    Plainsong is the opening track of the album Disintegration released in 1989 by the English rock band The Cure. The...
  • Sergiu Celibidache

    The transcendental experience behind classical orchestras conducted by Sergiu Celibidache

    Sergiu Celibidache was a Romanian composer, musical theorist, and one of the most innovative conductors of the 20th...
  • Hollow Bamboo

    Hindustani flute by Ronu Majumdar brings meditative mood to classical ragas

    Ronu Majumdar is the most influential Indian flutist of our time whose impressive output touches upon most aspects of...
  • Roman numerals indicating chords of minor and major scales

    Deceptive cadence: chord progressions and song examples

    In music, cadences play a crucial role in the organization of musical phrases and sentences. The concept of cadences is...

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