For April, 2021, the Classics a Day Team celebrates a legend — Leopold Stokowski. He was born in April (1882), and became a cultural icon. His recording legacy spans over 60 years. And whether he was conducting a premier orchestra or a group of studio musicians, the sound was unmistakable. To share all of Stokowski’s […]
Anton Webern
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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalShorts Week 2
February is the shortest month of the year. That fact inspired #ClassicsaDay team (of which I’m a member) to make short classical pieces the theme for the month. The challenge is to select stand-alone works, not movements of larger pieces. Participants post links to short classical pieces in the social media channel of their choice, […]
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Music and Context: Webern in Mayberry
I always find it interesting when people tell me they don’t like “contemporary” music. And generally, they’re not talking about music composed within the last few years — they mean Arnold Schoenberg and his dodecaphonic disciples, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. You know, the composers that ruined classical music. Except, of course, that they really […]