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  • Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Innovative tremolo technique by Johann Kaspar Mertz and his contribution to terz guitar

    Johann Kaspar Mertz was an Austro-Hungarian composer and outstanding guitarist of the Romantic era who is credited with...
  • Still Life with Mandolin by Ernst Dreyfuss

    Vivaldi's two mandolin concertos as the core of classical mandolin music

    Although the mandolin in its modern design can be traced from the second half of the Baroque period, its role in...
  • Sayed Darwish by Mohamed Khedr

    Salma Ya Salama: historical record by Sayed Darwish, the father of Egyptian popular music

    Salma Ya Salama is a famous song written by songwriter Sayed Darwish who is considered to be the most influential...
  • Parvathy Baul CD cover

    The Ektara: traditional music instrument of the Bauls, wandering minstrels from Bengal

    Bauls are the wandering minstrels of the Indian subcontinent whose history traces back to the 15th century as mentioned...
  • Brain Salad Surgery LP

    Progressive rock adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's piano concerto features innovative electronic drums

    One of the works of the iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera went far beyond the attention of the classical...
  • Fair Rosamund by Arthur Hughes

    Down by the Salley Gardens: famous Yeats poem evoking old Irish love ballad was set to the traditional air

    Down by the Salley Gardens is a famous two-stanza poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats whose contribution to the...
  • The Cylix of Apollo with the Lyre

    Mixolydian mode: famous examples in classical and pop music

    In the 17th century, the major and minor scales became the basis for almost all classical music compositions. This...
  • Lithograph of Beethoven on his deathbed by Josef Danhauser

    Grosse Fuge: Armageddon or the birth of atonality featured in Beethoven’s last major work

    The Grosse Fuge is one of Beethoven’s most controversial works which he finished shortly before his death while being in...
  • Avalokiteshvara

    Mantra of Avalokiteshvara: meaning and purpose of popular Buddhist chants

    Avalokiteśvara is one of the central figures of Buddhism whose name is often associated with several mantras chanted by...
  • Peter Sculthorpe by Eric Smith

    The didjeridu and Indigenous Australian chants interpolated into classical music by Peter Sculthorpe

    Peter Sculthorpe was an Australian composer who sought to express the traditional Indigenous culture and unique nature...
  • Royal Winter Music LP

    Shakespearean characters expressed through atonality in atypical guitar sonata by Hans Werner Henze

    Royal Winter Music is one of the most atypical works for classical guitar that reveals incredible possibilities of the...
  • Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra

    The first-ever concerto for sitar and Western orchestra was dedicated to glorious music teacher Allauddin Khan by his most successful pupil

    Released in 1971, Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra was the first-ever recording to feature Indian classical music in a...
  • Flamenco by 4i @ flickr

    The Andalusian cadence: distinct chord progression of flamenco that captivated all pop music genres

    The Andalusian cadence is a musical term denoting a chain of four chords that appear sequentially through each step of...
  • Maria Magdalena by Caravaggio

    Lamento de la Ninfa: Monteverdi's song of love, fire and ice

    Lamento de la Ninfa is one of the most famous vocal pieces of Claudio Monteverdi, a leading Italian composer whose work...
  • Thea Musgrave

    The dramatic-abstract of Thea Musgrave's music as influenced by serialism

    Thea Musgrave is a Scottish-American composer whose formative years fell on the mid-1950s when revolutionary musical...
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestucke: three famous piano opuses by Robert Schumann

    The influential German composer Robert Schumann repeatedly used the title Fantasiestüske as a thematic description of a...
  • Maya Kamaty CD cover

    Traditional maloya music meets French chanson in swaying songs of Maya Kamaty

    Maya Kamaty is a new generation singer and songwriter from the Réunion island located in the Indian Ocean east of...
  • Entrance of the Gladiators

    Entrance of the Gladiators: military march by Julius Fučík found world fame as a screamer music for circuses

    Entrance of the Gladiators is one of the world's most famous marches which has cemented itself in public awareness by...
  • Gerald Finzi

    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...
  • Chromelodeon

    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...

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