LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

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PIANO

Für Elise: 2 versions of Beethoven's best-known piano piece

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, commonly known as Für Elise, is undoubtedly Beethoven's best-known piano work as well as...
Poetry

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...
Nature Sounds

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...
ORCHESTRA

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... 1 comment
Music Theory

Lydian mode: famous examples throughout the music history

Major and minor modes are the most used diatonic scales in classical and popular music due to their versatile structure...
Classical Guitar

Anton Diabelli: prolific composer and arranger excelled in publishing guitar and piano music for beginners

Anton Diabelli was an Austrian composer best known during the early Romantic period for his work as a music publisher... 1 comment
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... 1 comment
PIANO

Beethoven's famous piano trio carried the genre to the Romantic era

Compositions written for a group of three instruments where the leading piano is usually accompanied by a violin and... 2 comments
ORCHESTRA

Famous harp masterpiece was created to show off a new instrument

François-Adrien Boieldieu's output of instrumental music was initially meager and virtually ceased once he became one of...
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...
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...
ORCHESTRA

The ever-evolving legend of Coriolanus

The Coriolan Overture, written by Ludwig van Beethoven, is an adaptation of Heinrich Joseph von Collin's tragedy...