What Makes Mozart Famous?
If you visit Austria today, and in particular Salzburg, you could be forgiven for thinking that WA Mozart was a manufacturer of chocolate or liqueurs. … Read more
If you visit Austria today, and in particular Salzburg, you could be forgiven for thinking that WA Mozart was a manufacturer of chocolate or liqueurs. … Read more
I wonder where this statement originates from. I am asking as it implies that all music teachers are strict, possibly even stricter than any other … Read more
All too frequently, the purchase of a musical instrument can be a costly one. This can be particularly true if one is aspiring to an … Read more
Every instrument has its own unique range. There are several types of flutes, each with their own range, including a concert flute, the most typical, … Read more
Blues is a musical form and a musical genre. The term “blues” derives from its initial relationship with gloomy issues and sounds. When we have … Read more
Even if you have not come across the term minimalist about music, the chances are you have listened to minimalist music. Since Michael Nyman coined … Read more
If you ask almost anyone to name a classical composer, they are highly likely to name Mozart. In part, this is because his music has … Read more
A page filled with music notes can look confusing to the untrained eye. But, when you learn the names of the notes, it all soon … Read more
This, perhaps, is not a topic for the faint-hearted. From the word, you may already have guessed what this means in terms of physical alteration, … Read more
If you take a look back through the hundreds of years of Western Musical history, you’ll quickly discover that many of the composers wrote music … Read more
Diminuendo and decrescendo are both common musical terms that have been in use for probably at least three hundred years. Keep in mind that the … Read more
Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the most influential and important composers whose life spanned the Classical and Romantic periods. His life began in Bonn, … Read more
In terms of chronology, the Romantic Era followed on directly from the Classical Era. It is important to realise before we make a closer examination … Read more
One of the outstanding differences between these key periods of Western Classical Music is the change in creative thinking. Baroque music as we can clearly … Read more
Before exploring the finer aspects of tonality and atonality, I am going to examine what these terms mean in music. Without delving too far into … Read more