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  • Ludovico Einaudi CD cover

    Nuvole Blanche: the critical simplicity of Einaudi's best-known piece

    Nuvole Blanche is one of the best-known piano pieces by the Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi released on his 2004 album...
  • Kadri Gopalnath CD cover

    Kadri Gopalnath: nadaswaram musician who canonized the Сarnatic saxophone

    Kadri Gopalnath was a distinguished South Indian musician who introduced the saxophone into the classical repertoire and...
  • Longfellow Serenade LP cover

    Longfellow Serenade and the fireside poet that kindled Neil Diamond's song

    Longfellow Serenade is a notable 1974 hit released by Neil Diamond, a prolific American songwriter who sold more than...
  • The Doors CD cover

    Peace Frog: the only Doors song featuring Lydian mode

    Peace Frog, released by the Doors on their 1970 album Morrison Hotel, has been met by a near-unanimous approval from...
  • Strawbs' Hero and Heroine CD cover

    Hero and Heroine: Strawbs lyrics that allegorize drug addiction through Greek mythology

    Hero and Heroine is a dramatic track by the English band Strawbs released on their 1974 album of the same name. The...
  • Alla Turca CD cover

    Alla Turca: Janissary-music piano inspired by Mozart's best-known piece

    Alla Turca, also known as the Turkish Rondo or Turkish March, is undoubtedly Mozart's most famous piano composition....
  • Daniela Romo's Amor Prohibido CD cover

    Yo No Te Pido la Luna: origins and meaning of Daniela Romo's best hit

    Yo No Te Pido la Luna is an influential Latino pop song whose musical harmony borrows from the 1980s Italian track Non...
  • Jethro Tull's The Anniversary Collection CD cover

    Bungle in the Jungle: early prog-rock hit vs the greatest boxing match

    Bungle in the Jungle is the best-known track from the critically derided War Child album released by the English...
  • The Beatles' single cover

    Beatles songs with Dorian mode

    The Beatles' phenomenal success is often attributed to the striking euphony of their polyphonic vocals as well as the...
  • Maná's ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños? CD cover

    Oye Mi Amor: the catchy harmony of Maná's most covered song

    Oye Mi Amor is one of the most influential tracks of the Mexican rock band Maná released on their 1992 album ¿Dónde...
  • Thais 1894 by Joam Veber

    Méditation from Thaïs: Massenet's intermezzo as the best violin encore

    Méditation is one of the best-known orchestral works by the Romantic-era composer Jules Massenet which appears as an...
  • Adi Shankara by Raja Ravi Varma

    Nirvana Shatkam: meaning behind the major chant of non-duality

    The Atmashatkam or Nirvāṇaṣatkam is the essential Sanskrit hymn composed around the 8th century AD by the leading Indian...
  • Jim Stafford CD cover

    Wildwood Weed: the cheeky ganja farmers song that got banned

    Wildwood Weed is a parody song written by country music artist Don Bowman and first recorded by singer and...
  • Pink Floyd's Lost for Words CD cover

    Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song

    Of all 138 songs and instrumental tracks released by Pink Floyd on their 14 studio albums, Lost for Words is the only...
  • Woman with a Parasol by Claude Monet

    La fille aux cheveux de lin: Parnassian poem behind Debussy's most recorded piece

    La fille aux cheveux de lin or The Girl with the Flaxen Hair is the best-known piano prelude by the French impressionist...
  • The Beatles Abbey Road LP

    Golden Slumbers: lyrical origins of the famous Beatles lullaby

    Golden Slumbers is a short song recorded by The Beatles for their 1969 album Abey Road. The track was written by Paul...
  • Revista La Gota Fria

    La Gota Fría: vallenato music masterpiece refashioned by Carlos Vives

    La Gota Fría is one of the best-known examples of the vallenato genre that originated in the early 19th century in the...
  • ABBA Greatest Hits LP cover

    Hasta Mañana: the origins of the best ABBA ballad

    Hasta Mañana, an ABBA ballad released on their 1974 Waterloo album never quite managed to reach the top of international...
  • The Doors, Live In Boston CD cover

    Mixolydian mode in The Doors songs

    It is no secret that the harmonic structure of a song and its adherence to the canons of musical theory is one of the...
  • Greatest Hits Of 1700s LP cover

    Pachelbel's Canon: the harmonic sequence that flooded pop music

    Pachelbel's Canon, also known as Canon and Gigue in D, is the best-known piece by German composer Johann Pachelbel which...

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