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, […]
Anton Webern
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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 dodecophonic disciples, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. You know, the composers that ruined classical music. Except, of course, that they really […]