Violins are the largest section of the orchestra, sitting front and centre of the stage performing memorable melodies. But how did the modern orchestra get this set up?
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Next time you see someone at the back of the orchestra with their many percussion instruments, take a moment to thank these masters of rhythm and timbre as part of the music you love.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has now announced it was an error to cancel a performance by Jayson Gillham. Indeed, classical music has often been tied to politics.
It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.
With his highly original melodic gift, Gershwin blended jazz and classical elements to create the iconic and enduring Rhapsody in Blue.
Wales has a rich musical heritage, and the next generation is ready to take centre stage.
My recent study looked at the inequalities rural and regional young classical musicians face which are unknown to their city-based counterparts.
Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
Though composers after Schoenberg used his technique to create atmospheric music in film, Schoenberg’s own ‘Accompaniment to a Film Scene’ was written for concert performance.
Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
Mahler’s inventive modernism and highly expressive writing communicated emotions shaped by his fascinating late-19th century life.
The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene.
It is important to learn about these musicians in order to undermine the idea of an exclusively white and male canon of western classical music.
The audience was never fooled by the technology. Instead, they were awe-struck. A phrase I heard murmured over and over was: ‘how do they do it?’.
Leonard Bernstein was one of the most significant forces in 20th century American music – and led a complicated life behind the scenes.
The two symphonies show different sides to Mahler’s musical sensibilities as he shifted from from the late-Romantic to early Modernist,
On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She’s since embarked on a project to bring this forgotten music back.
What does a conductor do when they stand up and move their hands and baton? What is their role? And how has their way of leading evolved?
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra quietly cancelled its Last Night of the Proms concert scheduled for the eve of the Voice. Do their words match their actions?
The genre has long been viewed as too exclusive, too expensive and too stuffy. Thanks to video games, that’s starting to change.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Academic Program, Music, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Music, Culture and Society, City St George's, University of London
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Musicology, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer Composition, Australian National University
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PhD student, Music Theory, McGill University
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Professor, Musicology, University of Alberta
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Honorary Associate, Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor and Head of Composition, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Performance, University of the West of Scotland
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Research Fellow, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
