
The Daily Book of Classical Music
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- Cover
- Title
- About the Authors
- THE DAILY BOOK OF: Classical music
- Introduction
- Medieval Music (400-1400) WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
- Binary Form: WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
- Ludwig van Beethoven: (1770-1827) THE MUSIC INSIDE HIS HEAD
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Dido and Aeneas: HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
- The Orchestra: MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER
- Music Theory: FULL OF SOUND AND THEORY
- Arena di Verona: THE GODFATHER OF AMPHITHEATERS
- Mozarthaus Vienna: AT HOME WITH MOZART
- Beethoven and Rosemary's Baby: THE DEVIL'S IN THE DAKOTA
- Early Medieval: (BEFORE 1150) MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR
- Ternary: TO RETURN, ONE MUST FIRST LEAVE
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) LOOKING BOTH WAYS
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
- The String Section: LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED
- Ear Training and Sound Recognition: SOUNDS LIKE...
- Carnegie Hall: NEW YORK'S FINEST
- The International Chopin Festival: EUROPE'S OLDEST PIANO FESTIVAL
- Khachaturian's Adagio in 2001: A Space Odyssey: THE COLD, LONELY, INFINITE EXPANSE OF SPACE
- High Medieval (1150-1300) POETRY IN MOTION
- Inner Forms 1: Motive: WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT?
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: (1809-1847) A SHORT, BRIGHT LIGHT
- Air on the G String
- Don Giovanni: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
- The Violin: A 450-YEAR-OLD LOVE AFFAIR
- What Is Musical Form?: TIME AND PATTERN ARE ESSENTIAL
- Royal Albert Hall: BRILLIANT SET OF PIPES
- Get in Line...Early: BAYREUTH FESTIVAL AND RICHARD WAGNER MUSEUM
- Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" in Help: TIGERS HAVE TASTE
- Late Medieval: (1300-1400) WHEN POETRY AND MUSIC CAME TOGETHER
- Minuet and Trio: ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE...
- Sergei Rachmaninov: (1873-1943) MUSIC FROM HIS DEPTHS
- Adagio for Strings
- Cosi fan Tutte: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
- The Viola: KISSING COUSIN TO THE VIOLIN
- How We Perceive Musical Form: THE SHAPE OF SOUND
- La Fenice: FORGED BY FIRE
- Moab Music Festival, Utah: MUSIC IN CONCERT WITH LANDSCAPE
- Benjamin and The Man Who Knew Too Much: STORM CLOUDS ARE BREWING
- Renaissance: (1400-1600) MUSICAL PROGRESS IN THREE PARTS
- Inner Forms 2: The Sentence: A STUDY IN COMPLEXITY
- Richard Wagner: (1813-1883) LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM
- The Four Seasons
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute): WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
- The Cello: GIVING VOICE TO THE MUSIC
- Music as Organized Sound: AS OPPOSED TO DISORGANIZED NOISE
- Sydney Opera House: WORTH THE STRUGGLE
- London Handel Festival: HANDEL COMES HOME
- Gustav Mahler and Death in Venice: LIKE THE MUSIC? GET THE BOOK
- Renaissance-Notation: (1400-1600) THEY DID IT THEIR WAY
- Da Capo Aria: AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF
- Arnold Schoenberg: (1874-1951) COMING FULL CIRCLE
- Clair de Lune
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
- The Double Bass: HIGHLIGHTING THE LOWDOWN
- Music Notation: JUST THE BASICS
- The Metropolitan Opera House: YOU HAVE ARRIVED
- Verbier Festival: NEWCOMER FESTIVAL TAKES OFF
- Classical Music Television Broadcasts: SOMETHING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
- Renaissance-Instruments (1400-1600) MEET THE PLAYERS
- Inner Forms 3: Subphrase and Phrase: LEARNING MUSICAL GRAMMAR
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (1756-1791) CHILD STAR
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- La Cenerentola (Cinderella): GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
- The Hurdy-Gurdy: FUNNY NAME, STORIED PAST
- Building Blocks: NOTATIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORGANIZED SOUND
- Massey Hall: IF MASSEY BUILDS IT...
- Aspen Music Festival and School: ALL OF NATURE'S A STAGE
- Raging Bull and "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria Rusticana: MASCAGNI'S ORCHESTRAL CONTRAST
- Renaissance-Time Periods: (1400-1600) EVERYBODY DANCE NOW
- Suite: BAROQUE DEEJAYS...
- Claude Debussy: (1862-1918) BREAKING ALL THE RULES
- Rhapsody in Blue
- La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker): VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
- The Woodwind Section: A LARGE FAMILY WITH DISTINCTIVE VOICES
- Notation of Rhythm and Meter: FASTER AND FASTER
- Vienna State Opera House: A SYMBOL OF PERSEVERANCE
- Boston Early Music Festival: JUST LIKE OLD TIMES
- Strauss and 2001: A Space Odyssey: WHO SAYS SPACECRAFTS CAN'T DANCE?
- Baroque Music: (1600-1750) A TREE BEARING MUCH FRUIT
- Theme and Variations: THIS MELODY HAS LOTS OF POTENTIAL
- Frédéric Chopin: (1810-1849) ROMANCING THE IVORIES
- Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major
- Norma: VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
- The Flute: WIND IN, MELODY OUT
- Tempo and Italian Terminology: IT JUST SOUNDS BETTER
- Symphony Hall, Boston: REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED
- Music Still Floats Through the Halls: MENDELSSOHN HOUSE AND FESTIVAL IN LEIPZIG
- Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" and A Room With a View: ARIAS OF ADVENTURE
- Early Baroque (1600-1650) COMPOSERS TAKE CHARGE
- Inner Forms 4: The Period: FOR EVERY QUESTION, THERE IS AN ANSWER
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886): GOD, WOMEN, AND SONG
- Canon in D major
- L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love): GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
- The Clarinet: TRICKY, BUT WORTH IT
- Melody: HUM A FEW BARS
- La Monnaie, Brussels: A VENUE THAT HELPED CREATE A NATION
- Newport Music Festival: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
- All That Jazz-and Vivaldi Too: "SHOWTIME!
- Middle Baroque (1650-1700) HAIL TO THE CHIEF!
- Rondo: TO EVERYTHING, RETURN, RETURN, RETURN
- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) AN OBSESSIVE GENIUS
- Three Gymnopédies
- Lucia di Lammermoor: GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
- The Oboe: JUST ABOUT PERFECT PITCH
- Harmony and Chords: ALL TOGETHER NOW
- Suntory Hall, Tokyo: IT'S ALL IN THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT
- Puccini Festival: ARIAS BY THE LAKE
- The Planets Are Everywhere: GUSTAV HOLST'S STELLAR FAVORITE
- Late Baroque (1680-1750): HERE COME THE GREATS
- Concerto Grosso: ALL FOR ONE, AND ONE FOR ALL!
- Antonín Dvo(omitted)ák (1841-1904) THE CLASSICAL BOHEMIAN
- Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World")
- Rigoletto: GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
- The Bassoon: DON'T UNDERESTIMATE IT
- Intervals, Modes, and Emotions: THE MAJOR MODE
- Mariinsky Theatre: HOME OF THE KIROV
- Glimmerglass Opera: LAKESIDE LISTENING
- Bach and The Silence of the Lambs: KILLER MELODIES
- Classical Period: (1750-1825) VIENNA IS THE PLACE TO BE
- Canon: THE CHASE IS ON!
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) "VIVA VERDI!"
- Ave Maria
- La Traviata (The Woman Who Strayed): GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
- The Brass Section: HORNS APLENTY
- The Minor Modes: LOWERED SCALE DEGREES
- Musikverein, Vienna: TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR MUSIC?
- Festival d'Aix en Provence: A COURTYARD THEATER TRADITION IS BORN
- Pachelbel and Ordinary People: A SHOWCASE FOR THE CANON
- Rococo/Galant: MORE IS MORE
- Scherzo: SURELY, YOU MUST BE JOKING
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) MORE THAN JUST A GOOD ORGANIST
- Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")
- Aida: GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
- The Trumpet: FROM THEIR LIPS TO YOUR EARS
- Flats, Sharps, and Naturals
- Place des Arts, Montreal: THE ARTISTIC PULSE OF THE CITY
- Dresden Music Festival: FOUNDED BY DECREE DURING THE COLD WAR
- Mozart in Out of Africa: SOUNDS LIKE ROMANCE
- Classicism: First Viennese School (1760-1775) HAYDN GAVE US MORE THAN ONE FEELING
- Sarabande: MUSIC TO DANCE BY
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990) AMERICA'S COMPOSER
- Peter and the Wolf
- Otello (Othello): GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
- The French Horn: PLAYING WITH HAND AND MOUTH
- Gravity and Tonality in Music: THAT SOUNDS HEAVY
- Royal Opera House, London: THE QUEEN'S PRIDE
- Glyndebourne: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
- Barber and Platoon: ANTIDOTE AND ACCOMPANIMENT TO WAR
- Classicism: First Viennese School (1775-1790) MOZART STEPS UP
- Fugue: IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER?
- Charles Ives (1874-1954) LIVING IN THE TENSION
- "Moonlight" Sonata
- Der fliegende Holländer: (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN) RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
- The Trombone: A MOST FORTUNATE NAME CHANGE
- Tonic Rules: EVEN WITHOUT THE GIN
- Vigado, Budapest: IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT ACOUSTICS
- Oregon Bach Festival: A CLASSICAL WORLD EVENT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
- Bellini and The Bridges of Madison County: MUSIC THAT MAKES THE HEART SING
- Classicism: First Viennese School (1790-1825) BYE BYE BAROQUE
- Sonata: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SINATRA
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) A LIFE OF EVOLUTION, AN AGENT OF CHANGE
- Blue Danube
- Lohengrin: RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
- The Tuba: PLAYING WITH THE BIG BOYS
- Cadences: MUSIC'S TRAFFIC LIGHT
- Royal Festival Hall, London: PROBLEMATIC, YET STILL BELOVED
- Rossini Opera Festival: REVIVING LOST MASTERPIECES
- Moon Music: A BIT OF DEBUSSY IS JUST THE RIGHT STUFF
- Romanticism: AN EMOTIONAL APPEAL
- Waltz: I COULD'VE DANCED ALL NIGHT...
- Béla Bartók (1881-1945) NO ONE ELSE COMPARES
- Missa Papae Marcelli
- Tristan und Isolde: RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
- The Percussion Section: ACCESSORIZING WITH A SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP
- Diatonic and Chromatic Scales: STEPPING IT UP BY HALVES
- Festspielhaus, Bayreuth: WAGNER, WAGNER EVERYWHERE
- Edinburgh International Festival: TRANSFORMATION, THE SCOTTISH WAY
- Mozart's "Romance: Andante" and Alien: KEEPING MONSTERS AT BAY
- Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress): MUSIC TO SHOCK AND AWE
- Concerto: ONE AGAINST MANY
- Gustav Holst (1874-1934) HE'S OUT OF THIS WORLD
- Peer Gynt
- Faust: CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893)
- The Timpani: WORLD'S OLDEST BEAT
- Key Relationships: THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
- Konzerthaus, Vienna: A VENUE FOR THE PEOPLE
- Banff Summer Arts Festival: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
- Walt Disney's Fantasia: ANIMATION BASED ON CLASSICAL MUSIC
- Early Romanticism: ESCAPE TO ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE
- Madrigal: COUNTERPOINT WITHOUT ALL THAT RELIGION
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828) FOLLOW THE "LIEDER"
- The Rite of Spring
- Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet): CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893)
- Tuned Percussion: XYLOPHONE AND MARIMBA CHIME IN
- Seventh Chords: BULKING UP THE SOUND
- Hungarian State Opera House: THE JEWEL IN THE HUNGARIAN CROWN
- Beethovenfest Bonn: ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
- Ravel and 10: THE "BOLERO" AND THE BEAUTIFUL
- Late Romanticism: NOW IT'S GETTING PERSONAL
- Ballad: ONCE UPON A TIME
- Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) NORWAY'S MUSICAL TRAILBLAZER
- Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
- Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers): GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875)
- Carillon: WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
- Monophonic Music: ONE VOICE, ONE MELODY
- Theatre des Champs-Elysees: AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION
- Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: FEAST FOR EYES AND EARS
- Elgar and Elizabeth I: MUSIC THAT KNOWS NO TIME
- 20th-Century Music: A COMPOSER'S FREE-FOR-ALL
- Toccata: WHAT A SHOW-OFF!
- Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) INFLUENCING THE INFLUENCERS
- Boléro
- Carmen: GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875)
- The Glockenspiel: ARE THOSE BELLS YOU'RE HEARING?
- Polyphonic Music: VOICES IN PERFECT HARMONY
- Gewandhaus, Leipzig: GROWING PAINS
- Handel House Museum: THE ULTIMATE LIVE-WORK SPACE
- Black & Decker® and Rimsky-Korsakov: THE HANDYMAN'S MUSE
- Romantic Style: A BRIDGE OVER CHANGING MUSIC
- Passacaglia: DIG THAT BASS!
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) ENFANT TERRIBLE
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor
- Samson et Dalila: CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
- Indefinite Pitched Percussion: NOISEMAKERS EXTRAORDINAIRE
- Homophonic Music: ONE LEADER, MANY SUPPORTERS
- Bolshoi Theatre: THE "GRAND" DAME OF RUSSIA
- The Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival: FILLING CANADA'S CAPITAL WITH MUSIC
- British Airways and "Flower Duet": "SAFETY AND PEACE IN THE SKIES"
- Impressionism: THE FRENCH TAKE THE LEAD
- Mazurka: FOLK DANCING GETS FANCY
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) HALF-HEARTED PRIEST, WHOLE-HEARTED COMPOSER
- Requiem
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819-1880)
- Indefinite Pitch Orchestral Drums: NO TUNE, LOTS OF BEAT
- Implied Harmony: YOU JUST THOUGHT YOU HEARD THAT
- National Theatre, Munich: A HOME FOR GERMAN MUSICAL GENIUS
- Ravinia Festival: CULTURE WITH A COLORFUL PAST
- Grieg and Nescafé®: A LITTLE PEER GYNT WITH YOUR COFFEE
- Expressionism: OUT WITH CONVENTION, IN WITH INVENTION
- Chamber Music: FOR JUST A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS...
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) THE BALANCING ACT
- The Nutcracker
- Manon: JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
- The Piano: 300 YEARS OF TICKLING THE IVORIES
- Contemporary Harmony and Polytonality: THE DEATH OF TONALITY
- La Scala: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
- The Stradivari Museum and the Ancient Instruments Collection: BIRTHPLACE OF THE VIOLIN
- Prokofiev and Lexus: MUSIC TO DODGE ORBS BY
- Futurism (1910-1930): WHEN MACHINES CALLED THE SHOTS
- Symphony: ALL TOGETHER NOW!
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): ROMANTIC BEFORE HIS TIME
- Appalachian Spring: BY AARON COPLAND, 1943-1944
- Boris Godunov: MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
- The Harpsichord: STRIKING A CHORD IN THE BAROQUE PERIOD
- Suspended Fourths and Quartal Harmony: THREE'S COMPANY, FOUR'S A NOISE
- Concertgebouw: CLASSICAL MUSIC ONLY-NOTHING ELSE SOUNDS AS GOOD
- Salzburg Festival: A FESTIVAL BRINGS RECONCILIATION
- Classical Music in a Sitcom: THE ODD COUPLE BROUGHT CLASS TO THE GENRE
- Second Viennese School: ARNOLD SCHOENBERG AND THE 12 TONES
- March: HUP, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): THE RELUCTANT SOVIET
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry): PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
- The Clavichord: HARD TO HEAR, WORTH THE EFFORT
- Sounds Like Change: HOW THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC DETERMINE STYLE
- Berlin State Opera House: PERSEVERENCE THROUGH THE CENTURIES
- Tanglewood Music Festival: VIEW FROM THE SHED
- Orff and Old Spice®: SHAVING NEVER FELT SO TRIUMPHANT
- Neoclassicism: EVERYTHING IN MODERATION
- Mass: SINGING PRAISES TO GOD
- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): THE NOT-QUITE-FINNISH COMPOSER
- Music for 18 Musicians
- I Pagliacci (Clowns): RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919)
- The Celesta: GENTLE TONES FROM A HEAVENLY INSTRUMENT
- Getting Lost In Opera: THE WAGNERIANS AND ULTIMATE CHROMATICISM
- Eszterhaza: WHERE HAYDN FELT RIGHT AT HOME
- Marlboro: COMMUNAL ARTISTRY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
- The Barber of Seville and Ragú®: ROSSINI AND VERDI SELL THE SAUCE
- Electronic Music/Music Concrète: PLUGGING INTO THE FUTURE
- Trio Sonata: GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES...OR FOURS
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): THE "WORLDLY" CHURCH MUSICIAN
- Symphony No. 40
- Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel): ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921)
- The Harp: HARP STRINGS TOUCH OUR HEARTSTRINGS
- Atonality and German Expressionism: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- Walt Disney Concert Hall: RAISING THE BAR FOR AMERICAN VENUES
- Lucerne Festival: A BIT OF SWISS MAGIC
- Turning Classical Into Rock: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER TAKE THE CHALLENGE
- Contemporary Music (1945-1970): THE NEW GENERATION
- Rotational Form: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): THE "PAPA" OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
- Meditation
- La Bohème (The Bohemian): GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
- The Classical Guitar: FROM EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
- Arnold Schoenberg and 12-Tone Music: GOTTA GET THROUGH 'EM, ALL 12 OF 'EM
- Opernhaus, Zurich: WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT?
- American Classical Music Hall of Fame: HONORING AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTIONS
- Rock Band Yes and Classical Music: A VERY GRAND ENTRANCE
- Postmodern Music: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE AND RANDOMNESS
- Prelude: HEY! I'M STARTING NOW!
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934): OVERCOMING THE ODDS
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Tosca: GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
- The Pipe Organ: KING OF THE INSTRUMENTS
- Bloop! Bleep! Every Element Can Be Serialized!: FOR WHEN YOU WANT TOTAL CONTROL
- Teatro Carlo Felice: THE PRIDE OF GENOA
- Monteverdi Festival: HAIL TO THE GODFATHER OF OPERA
- Classical Melodies in Rock Music: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT PAYS HOMAGE TO MAURICE RAVEL
- Minimalism (1960s AND '70s): ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN
- Chaconne: LOVE THAT PROGRESSION!
- François Couperin "le Grand" (1668-1733): A QUIET INFLUENCE
- Messiah
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly): GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
- The Bagpipe: SWEET NOTES FROM A WINDBAG
- "Chance," "Aleatory," or "Stochastic" Music: IN OTHER WORDS, ANYTHING GOES
- Mozarteum: WHERE EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE MEET
- Bachfest Leipzig and Bach Museum: TWO GREAT REASONS TO VISIT GERMANY
- The Beatles: CLASSICAL MUSIC INFLUENCE FROM THE OTHER GEORGE
- Neoromanticism (1930s, 1950s, AND NOW): THIS TIME WITH FEELING
- Fantasia: I'M MAKING THIS UP AS I GO ALONG!
- Robert Schumann (1810-1856): A FINE LINE
- Träumerei
- Turandot: GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
- The Human Voice: OUR OWN BUILT-IN INSTRUMENTS
- The Sensuous, Whole-Tone French: MUSIC WITH MYSTERY
- Großes Festspielhaus: THE MUSE'S HOLY HOUSE
- Verdi Festival: CELEBRATING ITALY'S NATIVE SON
- The More, the Merrier: ROCK GROUPS ACCOMPANIED BY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- Postminimalism/Totalism: A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
- Character Piece: SONGS WITH PERSONALITY
- Clara Schumann (1819-1896): WRITING IN THE SHADOWS
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral")
- Salome: RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
- The Serpent: EASY ON THE EARS, HARD ON THE LIPS
- Musique Concrète and "Found Objects": MAKING JOYFUL NOISES
- National Theater and Concert Hall: A MEMORIAL FOR A CONTROVERSIAL LEADER
- Beethoven-Haus Bonn Museum: BITS AND PIECES FROM THE GREAT COMPOSER
- Sarah Brightman: BRINGING CLASSICAL AND OPERA TO THE MASSES
- New Simplicity and New Complexity: HERE IS WHERE IT GETS CONFUSING, AND VERY EXCITING
- Cyclic Form: WAIT, DIDN'T I ALREADY HEAR THAT?
- Amy Beach (1867-1944): THE LIGHT THAT COULDN'T BE HIDDEN
- The Swan
- Elektra: RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
- The Glass Armonica: SIMPLY STUNNING SOUND
- American Jazz and Rock: WHERE CLASSICAL MUSIC HAS COME
- Festspielhaus: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION SAVES THE DAY
- Festival of the Sound: CHAMBER MUSIC ON THE WATER
- Classical Crossover: JOHN BAYLESS MAKES CLASSICAL ROCK
- Art Rock Influence: FEELING THE BEAT, AND PROUD OF IT
- Tone Poem: EVERY PIECE TELLS A STORY
- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): BEYOND IMPRESSIONISM
- Mass in B minor
- The Consul: GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911-2007)
- The Vibraphone: ALMOST HUMAN
- Music Theory and You: SCIENCE THAT JUST SOUNDS GOOD
- Berlin Philharmonie: BEAUTY AND BRAINS ALL IN ONE PLACE
- Spoleto Festival: A BIT OF ITALY IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
- Classical Music's Influence on Film and Television Composers: BLAME IT ON THEIR TRAINING
- World Music Influence: THE GLOBAL SYMPHONY
- Invention: A MUSICAL CONVERSATION THAT'S HARD TO FOLLOW
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): MUSIC OF THE SOUL
- Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911-2007)
- SOURCES CITED
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