In the mid-2000s, I was approached by a tech entrepreneur who was a fan of classical music and had a foundation that supported many classical artists. He had contacted me because of articles I had ...
Classical music has its own version of the tritone sub, which, of course, predated the jazz version. It results from the outer voices (usually soprano and bass) moving in contrary motion into the ...
The "Neapolitan 6th" chord (N6) is another sonority whose definition is based on the triad that it makes, which is a vertical perspective that glosses over its actual horizontal function. It is ...
When it comes to teaching children music, getting the little dears to bash away on a piano or strum away on a guitar usually isn’t too hard. Teaching classical music notation, however, is a different ...
Beethoven symphonies, Rossini and Verdi operas, Mozart sacred music, Bach concertos: For decades, and in some cases centuries, they have drawn people by the thousands into opera houses and concert ...
Saturdays arrive at an ungodly early hour for John James Andrews. While most of Northeast Pennsylvania is sleeping, the South Abington Twp. resident is at the Martz Trailways station in downtown ...
Pianist R. Andrew Lee is winning acclaim for his recordings and performances of minimalist music by modern classical composers. Next Tuesday, Lee will perform an evening of music by Eric Satie, an ...
Movies often include a wide variety of music, but classical music isn’t highlighted as often on the silver screen. “Prelude,” however, puts classical music center stage as the film follows a covertly ...