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Violin
Ernest Chausson as the first promoter of nascent impressionism

Ernest Chausson was a composer who, despite his rather humble body of work, still played a crucial role in the history…

December 29, 2019
Orchestra
The first English musical criticism written by Charles Avison argued that music evokes purely positive emotions

The fascination with the innermost working of the human mind and the nature of its response to certain triggers have…

December 18, 2019
Orchestra
The symbiosis of music and architecture in mathematical glissandi by Iannis Xenakis

The rapid growth of technology in the 20th century led to the beginning of a new era in the music industry when the…

December 8, 20193 comments
Orchestra
The Skaters' Waltz: subtle harmonies of romantic dance music by Emile Waldteufel

Les Patineurs Valse or the Skaters' Waltz is arguably the most famous of Émile Waldteufel's works. A late Romantic…

November 24, 2019
Orchestra
Nicola Porpora: operatic composer made history as a music teacher of Haydn and Farinelli

Nicola Porpora was an Italian composer of the late Baroque period whose operas brimmed with an excellent orchestral…

November 17, 20191 comment
Orchestra
Abdelazer: Purcell's suite for the failed play gained popularity thanks to Britten's arrangement for children

Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge, is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn who is considered to be one of the first known English…

October 27, 2019
Nature Sounds
Cantus Arcticus: bird calls arranged for orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara were taped in Northern Finland

Cantus Arcticus is a three-part orchestral work created by the eminent Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara with the…

September 22, 20191 comment
Orchestra
The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne

The Flower Duet is a famous operatic duet which popularity has spread far beyond interests of classical music audience…

September 18, 2019
Orchestra
Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage

The glass armonica is one of many curious instruments that came into use with small ensembles during the transition…

September 3, 20191 comment
Music Theory
Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras

From Middle Ages to modernity, Western music has been largely based on diatonic scales that organize seven notes into…

August 24, 20194 comments
Piano
Spanish motifs contributed by Emmanuel Chabrier to the rise of Impressionism in France

Emmanuel Chabrier was a French composer of the Romantic era whose legal career forced him to study and write music…

August 21, 20191 comment
Choir
Mass in B minor: how to separate original scores of J.S. Bach from his son's later edits?

The Mass in B minor is one of the latest works of J.S. Bach in which he set a liturgical Latin text to music. Clocking…

August 13, 2019
Orchestra
The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic

The love story of Shakuntala is first mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit epic of the Mahābhārata which could be traced…

July 17, 2019
Nature Sounds
Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

It is no coincidence that the sounds emitted by birds are known in many languages as "songs", rather than simple animal…

June 23, 20191 comment
Orchestra
Traditions of 3 countries woven into the music of neglected Asian composer Chiang Wen-Yeh

The life path of the prominent Asian composer Chiang Wen-Yeh is closely connected to the three countries—Taiwan, Japan,…

May 18, 2019
Orchestra
The multicultural heritage of Granville Bantock from Celtic folk music to Eastern philosophy of Omar Khayyám

Granville Bantock was one of the most cheerful English composers whose rich heritage comprised more than 800 works…

May 8, 2019
Erhu
The Erhu fiddle melody recorded by blind Abing spread worldwide revealing composition methods of Chinese folk music

One of the most recognizable Chinese folk tunes, Erquan Yingyue, also called The Moon Reflected on the Er-Quan Spring,…

April 21, 2019
Game
The quiet adventure in the warm depths of Abzû game scored by Austin Wintory

American composer Austin Wintory made history after becoming the creator of the first-ever Grammy-nominated videogame…

March 15, 2019
Orchestra
Hermann of Reichenau: disabled monk who boosted art and science 1000 years ago

A remarkable figure of the 11th century, Hermann of Reichenau was a chronicler, composer, poet, and scientist who…

March 12, 2019
Orchestra
Only 3 Mantras survived from Sanskrit opera Avatara by John Foulds

One of the greatest areas of music history still remaining largely uncharted is the influence of Indian philosophy on…

February 22, 2019
Orchestra
The perfect union of Italian and French styles by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (née Elisabeth Jacquet) was one of the first female composers known to history,…

February 12, 2019
Orchestra
The attractive sounds of Nordic Romanticism of Wilhelm Stenhammar

Swedish pianist Wilhelm Stenhammar was one of the few composers who remained faithful to the ideas of Romanticism in…

February 1, 2019
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…

January 25, 2019
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…

January 18, 2019
Orchestra
The vital source of Lutheran music by Andreas Hammerschmidt

Andreas Hammerschmidt was a German composer and organist of Bohemian birth whose works played an important part in the…

January 15, 2019
Recorder
Fiery dances of Marco Uccellini from Forlimpopoli

Forlimpopoli is a tiny Italian town located on the Romagna plain, at the foot of the Apennines. Founded by Romans in…

November 27, 2018
Cello
Recent study of Luigi Boccherini's skeleton revealed the threat of scoliosis for cellists

Luigi Boccherini was born in the Italian town of Lucca in Tuscany in 1743. He was the third child of a double-bass…

November 13, 2018
Orchestra
Ludwig August Lebrun: the sweet genius of Mannheim

Ludwig August Lebrun (1752—1790) was a phenomenal German oboist who contributed several mellow oboe pieces to the…

November 10, 2018
Orchestra
The four elements of nature expressed in musical form by Jean-Féry Rebel

French composer Jean-Féry Rebel was born in 1666 to a distinguished musical family. His father and uncle were French…

October 24, 2018
Classical Guitar
Anthony Holborne: the master of Elizabethan consort music

Antony Holborne was an English Renaissance composer whose music for lute and cittern appeared in two important…

October 22, 2018