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The trombone is an instrument that has remained largely unchanged for over five centuries. In the 1400's, instrument makers created the trombone as a…

The Rondo is a musical form often used by Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries for the last movements of their pieces. A Rondo almost…

The American composer Seymour Barab started out as a pianist and organist, but as a teenager he took up the cello, and as a cellist he became a highly…

Obbligato is an Italian word meaning “essential,” or “obligatory.” During the Baroque era, but even as late as Beethoven’s time, composers used the term…

Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the finales of instrumental pieces were almost always in fast tempos. Composers felt it was important…

The chaconne and passacaglia are musical forms that were popular with composers of the Baroque era. They’re both derived from dance forms, probably…

The Second Violin part in classical music is an individual line that forms part of the fabric of a piece. Miles Hoffman talks about the history of the…

In part 2 of the Organ series, Miles Hoffman continues his discussion of the piped instrument.A Minute with Miles - a production of ETV Radio made…

Chamber music rehearsals are very different from orchestra rehearsals. In an orchestra rehearsal, it’s the conductor’s job to make the overall musical…

Miles Hoffman discusses the term "Caprice," or capriccios, the creative and often short, flashy pieces meant to show off a composer's imaginative…