April is the fourth month of the year. And so the Classics a Day team decided to make classical quartets this month’s theme. One could easily fill up a month of postings with nothing but great string quartets. But I decided to explore further. A piano trio is made up of four musicians. So is […]
Steve Reich
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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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Understanding Minimalism
It’s difficult to talk about music. As a friend of mine once remarked, “you’re trying to put into words something that couldn’t be expressed with words in the first place.” There are two videos, though, that may help folks understand one of the important underlying concepts of minimalism. When music is stripped down to its […]