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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…the orchestra, sit with his ballet world and its satellites, like Petrushka or the fierce lyricism of his “Elegy for Solo Viola”. Schoenberg took courage to the edge, then designed…
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Does Classical Music Really Make You Smarter?
…months performed 30% better in a spatial-temporal reasoning test than peers who were given computer lessons or no special training. Classical Music and Young Minds The potential impact of classical…
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Estudio No. 5 in B Minor by Fernando Sor, Played by Eric Henderson
…world by his peers. His works for guitar have been widely played and reprinted since his death in 1839. From advanced pieces like Variations on a Theme of Mozart to…
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Claude Debussy
…piano and composition. His teachers and peers quickly recognized his talent, though they often found his innovative approach to music puzzling and unconventional. Early Career and Influences In 1880, Debussy’s…
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Child Prodigies – Exploring the Music of Great Young Classical Composers
…enfant terrible of classical music. This prodigious composer started creating masterpieces at the tender age of 13. Can you imagine writing symphonies while your peers are busy trading Pokémon cards?…
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…his hearing loss from the public and his peers. He feared that the revelation of his deafness would tarnish his reputation as a musician and composer. This secrecy was driven…
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Benjamin Britten
…Curlew River and Phaedra. In recognition of his achievements, he became the first composer to be elevated to the peerage as Baron Britten in 1976. Benjamin Britten passed away on…
