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Classical Clips Top 10: Classical Music for Kids
…Camille Saint-Saëns This playful suite features fourteen movements depicting different animals, like chickens, lions, elephants, and kangaroos! It’s full of humor and imagination. I highly recommend this video of the…
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New Study Finds Classical Music Can Affect Fetal Heart Rate
…(sponsored) The two songs used in the study were “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saëns and “Arpa de Oro,” a classical Mexican song composed by Abundio Martínez. The study confirms that…
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Modest Mussorgsky
…musical identity. Early Life and Education Mussorgsky was born on March 21, 1839, into a noble family in Karevo, Russia. He displayed an early interest in music and began piano…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, an American composer and pianist, was born on May 8, 1829, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, Edward Gottschalk, was a London-born Jewish businessman of German origin,…