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Cello

The lost Haydn concerto was found among the Czech castle documents

Cello Concerto in C demonstrates the many facets that are unique to the cello only, from growling low chords to sweet... 1 comment
HARP

The Celtic Baroque roots of Stairway to Heaven

Irish musician Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) is considered to be a pioneer in blending court music of the Baroque era... 6 comments
ORCHESTRA

Famous Sibelius piece was commissioned for a plywood mill anniversary

Jean Sibelius originally wrote Andante Festivo for a string quartet which was later made all the more luscious when he...
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...
SONGWRITER

The rock'n'roll wave overshadowed Lazybones writer

Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, singer, pianist, and actor who wrote quite a few songs that ended up becoming...
Classical Guitar

Swiss-made prelude gifted to Segovia was never played by him

Andrés Segovia had one of the longest and most distinguished careers in the history of Western music. In his lifetime,...
Big band

Take 'A' train jazz standard originated from Duke Ellington's letter

Take the 'A' Train is a Billy Strayhorn composition that became a signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and is...
ORCHESTRA

Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

Fontane di Roma is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916. It depicts Rome’s...
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...
Classical Guitar

Bacheler's unusually bright lute music depicts Queen Anne of Denmark

Daniel Bacheler (1572-1619) was an English lutenist and composer. Details of his life were obscure until Anne Batchelor...
ORCHESTRA

Grieg's exquisite Norwegian cocktail of mountains, forests and sea

Edvard Grieg composed the large body of his music surrounded by the scenic landscapes of the Hardanger fjord. Grieg's...
Classical Guitar

Flow, My Tears found popularity after John Dowland gave it lyrics

Originally composed as an instrumental theme, the lute song Flow, My Tears was created by the English Renaissance...
SPORT

Piazzolla's bandoneón played vital part in the worldwide tango music revival

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Argentinian composer known for his brilliant tangos, naturally played bandoneón, the most...
Classical Guitar

Thomas Morley's legacy in English Renaissance tradition

The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as the father of the English madrigal....
SONGWRITER

Ellington's classic song established swing as a jazz form

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills,...
ORCHESTRA

Gustav Holst's famous folk suite was dedicated to his students

Gustavus Theodore von Holst, a highly original and inventive composer, was born in England in 1874. Holst was appointed...
ORCHESTRA

The misty seascape embodied in Mendelssohn's surging overture

The Hebrides, also called Hebrides Overture or Overture to the Lonely Isle, is an orchestra piece by Felix Mendelssohn,...
Classical Guitar

The scent of magnolia permeating Joaquin Rodrigo's concerto

It may come as a revelation that Joaquin Rodrigo wasn’t a guitarist, despite his contributions to the guitar repertoire...
WIND ENSEMBLE

Mozart's rewritten serenade inspired by street musicians

The Serenade in E-flat major exists in two versions: a sextet of two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns, and an...
OBOE

Corelli's famous violin piece rearranged for oboe three centuries later

One of the seminal figures of early Baroque, Arcangelo Corelli, was the master of violin which supremacy in the...
LUTE

Da Vinci's painting process depended on music

Leonardo Da Vinci was a master of many skills: architecture, astronomy, painting, sculpture, mathematics, anatomy,...
ORCHESTRA

Defining Gershwin rhapsody was conceived on a train trip

Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most performed of all American concert pieces, and its opening clarinet glissando is the...
Classical Guitar

Folk dances illuminate the heritage of Gaspar Sanz, the Baroque guitar maestro

Composer, guitarist, organist and priest, Gaspar Sanz studied at the University of Salamanca, where he was later...
ORCHESTRA

Beethoven was inspired by Goethe’s rhythmic poetry

From 1809 to 1810, Beethoven composed the overture to Goethe’s play Egmont, depicting the life of the count of Egmont, a...
Cello

The surviving pearl of Mademoiselle Paradis, contemporary of Mozart

Maria Theresia von Paradis was a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. She achieved significant glory as both a composer and...
TRUMPET

First solo trumpet piece in history belongs to German multi-instrumentalist

The Concerto in D major for trumpet, violins, and basso continuo, is a shiny eight-minute work composed by Georg Philipp...
FILM

Paul Reade: the man behind the fresh sound of Jane Eyre

Paul Reade was an English composer of last century. He worked on the BBC TV in the '60s, becoming the pianist and...
ORCHESTRA

Beethoven's Romances uncover his staggering violin skills

Beethoven was a very skillful violinist. Although not a proficient musician, he possessed a deep passion for and...
Choir

Josquin des Prez: pioneer in the Franco-Flemish School of music

Josquin des Prez was the leading architect of the point of imitation style, in which a motif introduced in one voice is...
ORCHESTRA

Brandenburg Concerto dedicated to the king's brother was never played at Brandenburg court

The Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach are considered an example from the new era of masterful collaboration...

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