Why Do We Like Sad Music?
Provided that sadness is an emotion we generally try to avoid, why do we even listen to sad music and enjoy it? According to the … Read more
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5 Pieces of Classical Music about Autumn
1. Autumn from “The Seasons”; Op. 67; by Alexander Glazunov Glazunov is not a name we readily hear these days in the concert halls and on … Read more
10 Most Famous Classical Music Pieces (Popular Classical Music Pieces)
The list of pieces for the above title could probably run for pages and cause all manner of consternation over what is considered to be … Read more
4 Hardest Violin Pieces Ever Written (Most Difficult Violin Pieces)
For the purposes of this article, I will confine my selection of violin works to the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods of music. Once you … Read more
Mozart’s Symphonies: Four of the Best Symphonies by Mozart
When you take a long hard look at the work of W.A Mozart it is no minor challenge to have to select the best of … Read more
9 Famous Tuba Players and their Tuba Performance (Great Tubists)
The tuba family has provided the world with some of the greatest musicians in classical music. These world famous musicians have helped to completely revolutionize … Read more
The Best of Johann Pachelbel (6 Beautiful Works by Johann Pachelbel)
When you hear the name of Johann Pachelbel it’s often hard to get past the immense success of his Canon in D major and try … Read more
Top 10 Symphonies Everyone Should Know
Emerging in the middle of the 18th century, the symphony has been one of classical music’s most vibrant forms for over 300 years. With that … Read more
Five Composers Whose Private Lives Were Better Than Fiction
It’s beach season and you might just be looking for your perfect beach read. Bloodshed, deceptions and steamy love stories make for great beachside companions … Read more
Watch These Five Disney Shorts about Classical Music
Classical music abounds in Walt Disney productions: Fantasia contains animated sequences and narrations inspired by the pieces of classical music playing in the background, whether … Read more
The Best of Beethoven (4 Beautiful Works by Ludwig van Beethoven)
The following pieces are very much my personal choice of music from this great composer. There are many other astonishing pieces that Beethoven composed that … Read more
Ten Johann Strauss Pieces Every Strauss Lover Should Listen To
You just need to hear a violin tremolo in the key of A major accompanied by a horn (and maybe the staccato wind chords) to … Read more
7 Curious Facts You Should Know About Symphonies
When you hear the word ‘symphony’, you immediately think of something solemn and majestic such as Mozart’s Jupiter symphony, Beethoven’s Eroica (a current earworm of … Read more
Eleven Beautiful Pieces of Classical Music Inspired by Water
The water element abounds in classical music throughout the centuries: just consider Händel’s Water Music (whose title, however, just references the fact that his music … Read more
Famous Musical Siblings: 5 Tales of Blood, Success, and Disappointment
Johannes and Friedrich Brahms Johannes was the golden child. Two years older than Friedrich, he was quickly marked for greatness by his piano teachers. Wanting … Read more