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  • How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer

    How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer

    …Modifications to Musical Instruments Beethoven’s innovative spirit extended to the very instruments he used. In an effort to better feel the music, he altered his pianos. He removed the legs…

  • Fernando Sor

    Fernando Sor

    …offering a comprehensive guide for learning the Spanish guitar. This instructional manual is still regarded as a critical resource for classical guitar studies. Instruments Used by Sor Fernando Sor’s preferred…

  • Edward Elgar

    Edward Elgar

    …shop selling sheet music and musical instruments. His mother, Ann, had a keen interest in the arts and fostered a love for music in all her children. From an early…

  • Cantankerous Classical Composers

    Cantankerous Classical Composers

    …required to tune their instruments before his arrival in the concert hall, as he could not bear to hear the process. In one incident, a prankster un-tuned the instruments while…

  • Mozart’s Turkish March on Japanese Instruments

    Mozart’s Turkish March on Japanese Instruments

    Monsters of Shamisen blend Turkish March by Mozart with ancient Japanese lute, bringing it to the 21st century.

  • The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson, Performed by Kiev’s Music Institute Orchestra of Folk Instruments

    The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson, Performed by Kiev’s Music Institute Orchestra of Folk Instruments

    Waltzing cat concert, Kiev.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Muzio Clementi

    …music, particularly in the realm of keyboard music. He is often referred to as the “Father of the Piano” due to his significant contributions to the instrument’s repertoire and technique…

  • Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

    Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

    …whose Brandenburg Concertos stand as a testament to his unrivaled skill as a composer. Comprised of six distinct concertos, each featuring a different combination of instruments and musical forms, the…

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    …travels abroad. This environment allowed Bach to focus his energies on instrumental music, composing concertos for orchestras, dance suites, and sonatas for various instruments. He also wrote pieces for solo…

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    …young Telemann to pursue his passion for music. Self-taught, he displayed an early aptitude for numerous instruments, including the violin, flute, oboe, viola da gamba, recorder, double bass, and various…

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    …choir lofts facing each other, inspired Gabrieli to create works with spatial effects and carefully specified groups of instruments and singers. This innovative use of space and acoustics in his…

  • Bach Prelude, BWV 1007 – Performed on Mandoloncello

    Bach Prelude, BWV 1007 – Performed on Mandoloncello

    …that shares the same tuning and notation as the violoncello. While the sound of bowed instruments differs from plectrum played instruments, this variety adds to the enjoyment of the music….