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The muses were Ancient Greek goddesses of inspiration. Throughout history, the term muse has been us
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In 1929, the conductor Nicolas Slonimsky contacted the American composer Charles Ives about performi
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During Bartok’s life, the violin concerto we now know as Violin Concerto No. 2 was simply known as B
In December of 1884, Dvorak wrote to a friend about the composition of a new symphony: "I am now bus
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They are the most famous 8 notes in not only Western Music, but probably in all of music. If you wa
This show is a bit different today. Last year I did a live video podcast on Mozart's Requiem for my
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There are a few tropes when it comes to Schubert’s late music. The pieces are very long. They have
For a long time I’ve received emails and messages from people asking, and sometimes demanding, that
H.C. Robbins Landon, the great musicologist, once wrote about Mozart that his music was “an excuse
My first interaction with the musical term modes was Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant Young People’s Co
In 1857, Brahms wrote to his friend Joseph Joachim about his first Piano Concerto, saying, “ “I have
Very often, when I tell people that I’m a classical musician, I am told, “wow, I love classical musi
There has always been a debate about “The Great American Symphony.” By the time most prominent Ameri
Klezmer music has always been very close to my heart, even as a classical violinist. During the pand
In 1850, Robert Schumann accepted a position as the new Music Director in Dusseldorf. This job had a
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