Hello, everyone! Last week we took a darker turn in classical music by studying Beethoven's Tempest Sonata. This week, we are going to...

Greetings everyone! Last week, we looked at a rather lighthearted, jazzy piece, Liebertango. This week, let's study a darker piece:...

Greetings! I hope you all enjoyed last week's post on how to listen to a new piece of classical music! This week, I want to show you...

Listening to classical music can be difficult, especially to the untrained ear. Today, I'm going to show you how to prepare to listen to...

Hello, classical music enthusiast! Today we are going to listen to a movement of Camille Saints-Saëns' Le carnaval des animaux,...

Now that we've been eased into listening to Bartok, (see my previous post on Romanian Folk Dances!), let's listen to something a bit more...

Many composers can capture specific things in their pieces. One of my favorite pieces that represents an entire region is Bela Bartok's...

Greetings, music enthusiasts! My past two posts have included rather pleasant music that I imagined most people would enjoy. However,...

Let's continue our theme of classical pieces with names that describe their inspiration! French composer, Maurice Ravel, is a master of...

The name was inspired by a piano master class in which her teacher was lecturing on the Schumann Carnival. When her teacher got to the...