Conducting: Changes over the centuries
The tools and techniques of conducting have changed a great deal over the centuries.
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Ears can be trained. Which is why every music school in the world offers ear-training courses. I...
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In 1767 Franz Anton Mesmer moved to a magnificent estate in Vienna, and among the guests he...
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Bach himself didn’t invent any of the forms he used. He used the forms he inherited, but he...
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Franz Liszt invented the solo piano recital, and in fact he coined the term “recital,” too.
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Geniuses: Ordinary and magical
"There are two kinds of geniuses, the ‘ordinary’ and the ‘magicians.’"
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Style fights - silly, but productive
It occurs to me, when considering the history of music, that the endlessly recurring and often...
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Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on February 3, 1809. By the time he was fourteen he had...
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In a famous letter to his father, Mozart once wrote, “you know I become quite powerless whenever...
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If you have a chance to attend an orchestra concert anytime soon and one of the pieces on the...
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People’s anxiety dreams tend to be tailored to their particular personalities, circumstances, and...
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Ginastera was undoubtedly the most important Argentinean composer of the twentieth century.
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Gabriel Fauré is often referred to as one of the greatest French composers of the late nineteenth...
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Many years ago there was a great string quartet that was famous for its members not getting...
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For performers, just about everything the composer writes, with the exception of the notes...
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The body length of a full-size violin is about 14 inches, give or take a very small fraction....
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If I told you about a letter from a famous composer to his employers, a letter in which the...
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Staccato is the Italian word for “separated,” or “detached.” Staccato notes are notes that are...
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January 27th - Mozart's Birthday
Today is January 27, and it’s Mozart’s birthday. I know I don’t have to tell you how wonderful...
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I’m grateful for advances in neuroscience, and for many reasons glad that every day we know more...
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