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10 of the Craziest Musical Instruments Used in Classical Music
…Listen here for a musical saw performance of Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod. 5. The Serpent Before tubas and trombones, there was the serpent! This strange, snake-shaped brass instrument looks like…
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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…where the century turns. In the early nineteen-hundreds, composers stretched tonality until it snapped, then found new anchors. Debussy showed how harmony can float without losing shape, as in “Clair…
