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Here are the names of seven composers of Italian opera who were contemporaries of Giuseppe Verdi:Filippo Marchetti, Errico Petrella, Pietro Antonio…

There are many great creative artists, including great composers, who have been mediocre human beings ⁠— not to mention any number who have been downright…

Galileo, whose full name was Galileo Galilei, was one of the great figures in the history of science. What may surprise you is that Galileo’s father,…

When I was a little boy just starting violin lessons, my teacher’s instructions were that I should practice a half hour every day. For a six-year-old this…

I find it fascinating that many of the greatest composers of the 19th century—composers such as Berlioz, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Brahms,…

In 1950 a musicologist named Wolfgang Schmieder published an enormous catalogue of J.S. Bach’s works, but Schmieder organized it by category, that is, by…

Many years ago I was having dinner with a group of colleagues when the name of a viola player we all knew came up. When I mentioned that this violist had…

Composers during the Baroque period wrote plenty of chamber music, especially trio sonatas, and sonatas for such high-voiced instruments as the violin and…

There’s no question that good performers are necessary in order to bring musical compositions to life. I play the viola, and I’m always aware that when…

When it comes to the history of the guitar, the only thing that’s certain… is that nothing is certain.