How Well Do You Know Tchaikovsky? Take the Quiz!
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was widely misunderstood in life, and perhaps even more so in death. How much do you know about the great composer?
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Six Interesting Musical Facts About Albert Einstein
What does it mean to live a meaningful, productive life? If Albert Einstein passed away in 1905 after publishing his earliest work on relativity, he … Read more
Six Interesting Facts About Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
For a man who left behind volumes of written records and explanations, Prokofiev remains a remarkably mysterious figure in the history of 20th century music. … Read more
Happy Birthday in the Style of Vivaldi
Everyone celebrates Antonio Vivaldi’s birthday in a different way. Here at CMUSE, we highlighted six interesting facts about his life. Five years ago, Google gave … Read more
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
A Fascinating Piano Transcription of Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 “Ballade”
It is self-evident that Eugéne Ysaÿe (1858-1931) wrote his own Violin Sonata No. 3, but he might not have considered himself its only author; he … Read more
Seven Most Interesting Facts About Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
There are classical composers who represent the 20th century American sound more acutely and specifically than Samuel Barber does, but no other who has come … Read more
Six Most Interesting Facts About Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
“With God’s help and grace, I will be a Mozart in composition and a Liszt in technique.” – from an 1843 diary entry Feel free … Read more
Hilary Hahn & Hauschka: The Sacred Geography of Silfra
The fissure between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates is very large, stretching out along the northern third or so of our planet, and … Read more
Lindsey Stirling’s Kaleidoscope of Sound
If you’re a fan of indie Japanese pop music, you might have heard the 2011 Vocaloid track “Senbonzakura (A Thousand Cherry Blossoms).” Vocaloid tracks are, … Read more
For 2Cellos and Lang Lang, the Name is Bond
When Eon Productions approached Paul McCartney to write and record a theme song for the James Bond flick Live and Let Die (1973), it was … Read more
The 2015 Grammy Awards: Listen to the Classical Award Winners
The Grammy Awards are generally noted for a handful of pop music categories, a slightly smaller handful of pop music performances, the pomp and circumstance of … Read more
The Dover Quartet Proves That You Only Need Four People to Play Barber’s Adagio for Strings
Ask anyone of a certain generation to hum Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, and they’ll probably imagine something like Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Orchestra version that … Read more