A number of movements developed their own harmonic languages: As well as creating extreme dissonances, some composers wrote music that included microtones - intervals smaller than a semitone.

In vocal music, chords were formed from the individual melody lines interweaving, or polyphony. These were usually major or minor chords. The score below is from Sicut Cervus by Giovanni Pierlugi ...

The Coliseum is not a typical venue for harmonica players, and it was so different from what I had been exposed to,” recalled the virtuoso. “In Hong Kong, the city hall for classical music can ...