As well as symphonies, the tone poem and descriptive overture were popular as pieces of stand-alone orchestral music that evoked anything from a painting or poem to a feeling of nationalistic fervour.
Composers added chromatic notes to their chords and melodies to make their music more expressive. In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody ...
Throughout the history of classical music there have been numerous legends, myths and spooky stories. Paganini was said to be sponsored by the devil, Schumann was plagued by thoughts of death and ...
After testing the manuscript’s paper and ink, analyzing its handwriting and musical style, and consulting outside experts, ...
Structures and forms that were established in the Baroque period were developed into longer and more complex structures during the Classical and Romantic periods. As melodies and phrases became ...
A mystery of a waltz that was previously founded by curator of the New York Robinson McClellan in 2019 has been finally ...
London Sinfonietta, Southbank ★★★★☆ The 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg has ...
The Revolutionary Drawing Room made a memorable contribution to Cambridge Early Music’s programme this season. The Quartet ...
Chances are, during college, you’re going to crash out over nothing and live in a cycle of questioning everything — from ...
Composed without arias or set pieces ... well as romantic, ensues. There are Rossini jokes and Mozart jokes. Composer jokes ...
An unknown work in the composer’s hand has emerged in a New York museum, the first such find in more than a half century. The pianist Lang Lang plays it here.