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Die Lorelei: A Musical Representation of Depression
Author: Matthew King
Music will sometimes serve as a representation of a musician's psyche.  Matthew King explores Clara Schumann's composition "Die Lorelei" and how it displays the thoughts of a composer potentially...
June 14, 2018 · 4:01 PM
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George Whitefield Chadwick, Pioneer of American Music
Author: Collin David
American composer George Whitefield Chadwick has fallen into obscurity, but should be recognized as one of America's leading composers of nationalist classical music. He wrote American nationalist...
June 14, 2018 · 3:59 PM
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Brotherhood in the Romantic Period
Author: Brotherhood in the Romantic Period
Pirzchalski explores the deep friendship between Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré, surmising that the emotional, musical, and professional support these two composers provided for one another...
February 14, 2018 · 3:44 PM
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Bizet and the Rebel Bird
Author: Manuel Ayala Sapelli
Sapelli examines the harmonic nature of pieces sung by Carmen and Don Jose in Bizet's opera Carmen, concluding that audience sympathy with Don Jose's character via his music does not match up with...
February 7, 2018 · 11:41 AM
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Seeing Red
Author: Stacey Fitzgerald
The onset of the Russian Revolution changed Russian musical style from one that privileged the values and ideals of the aristocrats to one that celebrated the ideals of the Revolution and the...
February 1, 2018 · 10:17 AM
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Musical Prodigies: Why We Love Them, and Why We Should Stop
Author: Daniel Gallagher
Audiences are more appreciative of musical prodigies based on their young ages, rather than on their musical complexity and nuance. Gallagher explains the history of the modern idea of the prodigy...
February 1, 2018 · 10:12 AM
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When Categories Fail
Author: Josh Sharo
Examining Debussy and the notion of impressionism, Sharo concludes that reducing an entire composer's output to a single stylistic term does a disservice to not only that composer, but to...
February 1, 2018 · 10:05 AM

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