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For convenience sake, the 19 th century is usually known as the era of Romanticism in classical music. This is not necessarily wrong, but it certainly…

A master class is a public lesson. A distinguished teacher—that would be the master—works with a student on a piece of music, but the teacher isn’t the…

The minuet represents one of the longest-lasting dance crazes in history. It most likely started out as a French country dance, but the minuet’s real…

For centuries, composers have borrowed dance forms. Dances provide rhythmic vitality, and they offer ready-made, concrete associations, associations with…

For convenience sake, the 19th century is usually known as the era of Romanticism in classical music. This is not necessarily wrong, but it certainly does…

Yesterday I spoke about picturesque titles of musical compositions, and I quoted Robert Schumann on what he called the “clumsiness” of taking those titles…

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Dogwood anthracnose, with the frightening name Discula distructiva, was…

Operetta is light opera...or opera light. Its goal is to amuse: to be witty, charming, funny, not serious either in style or substance. Operetta includes…

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. The produce safety rules portion of the Food and Drug Administrations’ new…

Clemson Extension Agent and Host of “Making It Grow, Amanda McNulty is joined by fellow agent Terasa Lott who shares her ideas of transforming her yard…