Time has the power to do many things, some positive and some on the other side of the coin. Martha Argerich and Daniel ...

Move over Contrabass, the Octobass has arrived. This unique stringed instrument makes the upright bass or cello look like a junior instrument. It is exceptionally large and carries a very low-end ...

How many siblings did Beethoven have? Ludwig van Beethoven was the second of seven children born to his parents, Johnann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich, the daughter of a chef. Sadly, only ...

This article will take a quick tour through a variety of some of the most well-known ragtime tunes for piano. Ragtime music first emerged around the turn of the 20 th century with its foremost ...

The likes of Beethoven and Mozart may be hailed as the greatest pianists of the modern age. However, today, there are plenty of Asian pianists that are stepping up to take the helm of the global ...

If the examination of these instruments begins with a comparison of age, then the organ wins hands down. The only piano really emerged as a credible instrument in the very early part of the 18 th ...

A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

Contemporary classical music is a varied genre that generally includes music written throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The term “contemporary classical music” embodies a wide range ...

The influence of W.A. Mozart across all areas of culture has been colossal, from the Baby Mozart Project through to contemporary song. You can hardly pass through a day without encountering the music ...

French composer Claude Debussy did not align himself with the movement that became known as Impressionism. Understandably, Debussy resisted this classification as with it could come restrictions, ...

To appreciate the extensive influence Italian opera has had on Classical music we need to take a good look into its past. One claim is that Italian opera began in the Renaissance Era. It was ...

The tambourine is probably one of the easiest and most fun musical instruments to play anywhere in the world. If you have any rhythm at all, and sometimes even if you don’t, you, too, can play a ...