Six Interesting Facts About Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Within his historical context, the music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner represented elemental chaos. Outside of his historical context, it reminds us more of order gone … Read more
Tom Head
Happy Birthday, Shostakovich-Style
As far as we know Dmitri Shostakovich never recorded his own arrangement of “Good Morning to All” (1893)/”Happy Birthday to You” (1912), but Trio Telepatico’s … Read more
10 Great Composers Who Died Young
These ten composers died before their 30th birthday. Many more composers, of course, died in their thirties and forties (most famously Mozart, who passed at … Read more
10 Composers with a Criminal History
The first is that the vast majority of famous composers who committed crimes almost certainly got away with it. Until the mid-19th century, the criminal … Read more
Six Most Interesting Facts About Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
In early 18th century Venice there lived a self-assured red-haired priest named Antonio Lucio Vivaldi. Traveling with an entourage that nearly always included his elderly … Read more
Top 10 Best Online Doctoral Programs in Music
The doctoral-level study of music can be tricky to negotiate and challenging to complete under the *best* of circumstances. But for musicians who are already … Read more
Best Online Master’s Programs in Music
In the United States and much of the industrialized world, graduate school is the first real opportunity you have to specialize in a topic in … Read more
5 Nigerian Composers You Need to Hear
With a population of 184 million, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh-most populous in the world. The historic seat of … Read more
5 Reasons Classical Music Isn’t Dying
Over the past few years, U.S. and European media have been predicting classical music’s death with a regularity usually reserved for elderly heads of state … Read more
QUIZ: Can You Identify These 10 Famous Composers From Their Photos?
No hints; just portraits. How many of these 10 famous composers can you identify?
