The musicologist Lawrence Kramer dates the “invention” of listening to the 18 th century, alongside the concept of the inner self. In his 2007 book Why Classical Music Still Matters, he writes, “All ...

Formed in 1988, the Amici Ensemble has been part of Aotearoa’s classical music scene for over thirty-five years. Now under ...

Jonathan Gaisman on Beethoven’s last sonatas.

At Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus, 170 looks by 53 senior and graduate designers graced the catwalk.

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There is only one music composer who Billy Joel is willing to call the greatest ever. Many music listeners would consider Billy Joel to rank among the greatest musicians to ever perform. It's hard to ...

“Franz Liszt’s transcriptions of the nine symphonies by Beethoven attest a fundamental achievement in the art of recreating orchestral timbres ... he presented the complete cycle of Beethoven’s 32 ...

She conveys the intimate lyricism implicit throughout the Moderato movement of Beethoven’s Op 110 Sonata with the elasticity of her phrasing. Yet closer scrutiny reveals that her expressive gestures ...

In 2011, Jonathan Biss started recording the Beethoven piano sonatas. He found that both writing and teaching about the Beethoven piano sonatas helped clarify his own ideas about the music he played.

2 No. 1 and the vivacious tarantella of the E flat major Sonata, Op. 31 No. 3 – Presto, con fuoco, indeed. A habit of the occasional missed note didn't surface in the "Hammerklavier". Although ...

What we do know is that Beethoven dedicated his first three Piano Sonatas (1793-95; Opus 2 ... he studied hard and worked tirelessly on his art. The Classical forms were never abandoned by Beethoven ...

The most famous of Beethoven’s violin sonatas have nicknames. The Spring is named for its air of pastoral ease – although that choice of name had nothing to do with the composer. The Kreutzer ...