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The efficient and graceful use of the body is crucial to both sports and musical performance. But there are certainly many mental parallels as well -- and…

The most common tempo markings in music are words like allegro, adagio, and andante. But often composers indicate expression along with tempo, and this is…

There are many people who say they love classical music, but not “that modern stuff.” What’s interesting is that some of “that modern stuff” is well over…

Perhaps you’ve thought about this: Bach and Mozart died over two hundred years ago – – Is there anybody alive today whose music will be played two hundred…

One of the common dangers of studying composers’ lives is finding out that some of the people whose music we love and admire turn out to have been very…

Have you ever wondered why, when we’re feeling sad, or lonely, or downright miserable, we usually prefer to listen to music that somehow reflects our…

It’s always fun to propose lists of the “ten best” of something – or the ten worst of something, for that matter. But when it comes to thinking about…

If you have a chance to attend an orchestra concert anytime soon and one of the pieces on the program calls for a harp, make sure to watch the harpist’s…

Some years ago I had the privilege of appearing as viola soloist with the United States Marine Band, “the Presidents Own,” and I can tell you it was a…

These days, with convenient hindsight we take it for granted that good music lasts, that pieces that are well known now will remain well known for years…