The Influence of Reggae on UK Bands In the late 1970s, a UK band called The Police formed in London, England. In 1978, their album Outlandos d’Amour, which included huge hits like Roxanne and Can’t ...

Minimalism in Classical Composition Minimalism grew organically out of a reaction to the Western creative cultures that dominated the landscape of late 1950s America. Since then, its popularity and ...

The Sleeping Beauty It wasn’t until 1888-1889 that Tchaikovsky composed another ballet. This time he chose to base it on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault titled La Belle au Bois Dormant (1697).

The Role of Music in Film and Television If you’re ever in doubt about the strength of influence music has on a film, try watching a favorite scene from a movie without the score. Better still, watch ...

The Impact of Stradivarius on Violin Making In a recent article, I gave a broad account of the evolution of the violin with a particular focus on the work of the Cremona luthiers. At the head of this ...

The Simplicity and Emotional Power of Mozart’s Music In addition, many of W.A. Mozart’s operatic arias are not always harmonically complex. Some are, and he was not a composer who in any way shied ...

Germany Classical Music Festivals Germany holds many well-established festivals, notably in the summer months. The Dresden Festival runs between 18th May – 18th June and has included some big names ...

Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Impact With the distance of one hundred and ten years between us now and the premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring, it can be difficult to understand ...

The second piece is aptly named Dualing Pianos: Agapé Agape in D minor by Maurice Ancalmo. This is a wonderfully comic and thought-provoking work. Two player pianos face one another, ready to battle, ...

The opening movement is in sonata form and allegre, the second a scherzo, the third a slower movement and the fourth a rondo. They are an energetic, lyrical and humorous collection of quartets that ...

Eastern Melodies and Tales in Medieval Western Music Additionally, throughout the Mediaeval period of music, you would have found travelling musicians, actors and poets who may have ventured thousands ...

Johan Sebastian Bach’s Influence on Classical Music JS Bach (1685 – 1750), came from a long line of musicians that is thought to date back to a man named Veit Bach. He was JS Bach’s ...