Baroque Era As we move into the Baroque era, opera as a genre flourished. Supported by the nobility, opera was commonly centered on mythological subjects, concepts, and narratives from the Ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

Being in that crowd with everyone absorbed in experiencing the music, each sharing a collective event, can be a powerful and moving one. It is often having attended a live event that people then turn ...

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 ...

Italian Opera Influence on Classical Music To appreciate the extensive influence Italian opera has had on Classical music we need to take a good look into its past. One claim is that Italian opera ...

Additionally, there are 7 Gods, 3 Rheinmaidens, 2 Nibelungs and a couple of giants thrown in for good measure. And, this is just the first opera. An Embrace of Greek Ideals and Germanic Lore in the ...

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 ...