CLASSICAL

When it comes to accurately measuring the impact Ludwig van Beethoven had on the musical world, numerous academic tomes deal with this in an appropriate … Read more

Ever expect a bookshop to turn into an opera stage while checking out the best-sellers? A few weeks back at Dussmann bookshop in central Berlin, … Read more

Tamar Greene, the man playing George Washington in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton on Broadway, just pulled off the sweetest move ever on Instagram. The singer was … Read more

You ever come across a song that just wraps you up in this vibe of acceptance and warmth like nothing else? Well, ‘Auld Lang Syne’ … Read more

Tracing the evolution of any instrument is rewarding, informative, and enlightening. It may be particularly so if you have ever played or are interested in … Read more

It’s maybe an odd thought to consider that once there were no orchestras. That fabulous collection of a hundred or more hard-working musicians ready to … Read more

French composer Claude Debussy did not align himself with the movement that became known as Impressionism. Understandably, Debussy resisted this classification as with it could … Read more

I am going to begin this article with a small confession. When I saw this title, it made me reflect on my musical education. What … Read more

How Many Strings Are In A Piano Most contemporary pianos have a range of seven and a quarter octaves. This has become an industry standard … Read more

Depending on how you want to draw a parallel to the piano, many instruments could be considered to be close cousins or distant relatives. Let’s … Read more

Chamber music dates back many hundreds of years. It usually refers to a type of music that is designed to be performed by modest-sized ensembles … Read more

Western classical music has developed a system of notation that has spanned nearly ten centuries. The results of this gradual process of evolution and refinement … Read more

The title above implies that, in some way, the hands of pianists are radically different from the hands of non-pianists. Whilst there is a marginal … Read more

Simply put, the bass is the lowest part of instrumental or vocal music. Today we’ll investigate the musical meaning of what a bass is in … Read more