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Sep 6, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Charlotte Smith
entertainment news1 day agoFrom Bach to Hans Zimmer: the 20 best German composers of all time - and where to start with eachBBC Music Magazine • 1dOver the centuries Germany has produced some of the greatest composers ever, from the 12th-century nun Hildegard von Bingen to the Baroque Bach and …Culture2 days agoFar Out 40: The sounds of Andy Warhol’s factoryfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Lucy Harbron • 2dAndy Warhol was always more than an artist.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Charlotte Smith
6 hours agoThere are several reasons to point to, including that consumers are simply having to make some tough choices about how to spend their money right now. A series of tour cancellations and changes by big-name artists has sparked questions about whether the post-pandemic live music boom could be …
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
Stringed instruments are a family of instruments that produce sound from vibrated strings. These can be plucked with the fingers or a plectrum, like the ; made to sound by drawing a bow across the strings, like a or cello; or hit with a light wooden hammer, as inside a modern-day piano. Strings are one of the five main families of instruments, the others being percussion, , and keyboard. What are the types of stringed instruments?
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
The cello, or violoncello, is a bowed stringed instrument and the larger, lower pitched cousin of the and . Its larger cousin is the double bass. Like the violin and viola, the cello generally has four strings, made of steel, nylon or gut, which can be played with a bow or plucked with the fingers. These are tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C, G, D and A.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
What are the types of stringed instruments? Modern bowed stringed instruments - , , and double bass - make up the string section of the western symphony orchestra. Early versions of these instruments such as the viol or viola da gamba first appeared in Spain in the mid-to-late 15th century, and were most popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The modern first appeared in the early 16th century. The , cello and double bass are larger cousins of the violin, which produce deeper sounds.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Erik Levi |Charlotte Smith
'Just imagine a man whose health will never be re-established, and who from sheer despondency makes matters worse rather than better,' wrote Schubert to his friend Leopold Kupelwieser in March 1824; 'just imagine a man whose brightest hopes have come to nothing, to whom happiness of proffered love and friendship offers nothing but anguish, for whom enthusiasm for what is beautiful threatens to vanish altogether, and then ask yourself if such a condition does not represent a miserable and...
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
British violinist Nigel Kennedy is one of the world's most recognised classical musicians, known for the phenomenal success of his Vivaldi Four Seasons recording with the English Chamber Orchestra, which sold over 3 million copies following its release in 1989. Known as a 'Liberace of the nineties', he bucked against the prevailing image of a straightlaced, besuited classical musician with his flamboyant dress, 'mockney' accent and punk haircut.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
History's first-known double bass virtuoso, the Venice-born player initially received violin lessons from a local shoemaker before taking up the bass on which he showed considerable talent. In 1794 he moved to London where he met Italian violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti, with whom he would form a duo partnership. Over the course of his career, he played for the Emperor Napoleon at the palace of Prince Staremberg, performed with violin virtuoso and met and .
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
Known as the 'King of Waltz', André Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor, best known for creating the Johann Strauss Orchestra. The 60-piece ensemble performs popular classical and crossover works, with an emphasis on waltzes, often featuring elaborate sets and costumes.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
classical-music.com | Charlotte Smith
Most often used in opera and oratorio, recitative is a type of singing in which the soloist adopts the rhythm and delivery of ordinary speech to move the plot forward. The vocalist is guided by the free rhythm of the words, so the instrumental accompaniment is fairly minimal. This differs substantially from the more formal aria form in opera, which is fundamentally a musical vehicle rather than a plot device, and as such prioritises more complex melody, rhythm, harmony and instrumentation.
