For many people, the use of the word medieval conjures up a time of extreme poverty, war and plague with little in the way of redeeming features. Far from the dark images offered by certain Hollywood ...

Justin Wildridge is a media composer and multi-instrumentalist based in South-West of England where he works from his own studio. He holds a Doctorate in musical composition from the University of ...

There are and continue to be many pieces of music that do not ask the singer to sing words at all. Instead, performers may be directed by composers to produce all manner of sounds from a hum to ...

The tragically short life of Franz Schubert gave rise to some of the most celebrated and performed music written during that period of history. Schubert, born in Austria, lived from 1789 to 1828. In ...

Jordan Smith has been a contributor to CMUSE since February 2015. He served as editor from July 2016 until February 2017.

In Beethoven’s relatively short life he devoted significant time to composing for the instrument that he made his own: the piano. Even though Beethoven composed nine astonishing Symphonies, sonatas, ...

Mozart Two Scenes from “Don Giovanni” featuring Ljuba Welitch, soprano and Paul Ulanowsky, piano with Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Allessio de Paolis and Fritz Reiner, conductors. Columbia ...

The French Horn is reputed to be one of the most challenging brass instruments to play. It is also one of the most used brass instruments in the orchestra both as a soloist and for those epic film ...

Even though vinyl has experienced an increase in popularity lately, it is still an audio format with a small percentage of sales. But thanks to a new generation of passionate music lovers who perhaps ...

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Within his historical context, the music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner represented elemental chaos. Outside of his historical context, it reminds us more of order gone horribly wrong. It is not entirely ...

Edvard Grieg is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in ...