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the Romantics sound their Barbaric Yawp
2 Piano Trios and their link to the Romantics the Piano Trio in b flat by Joaquin Malats , and Schubert's Piano Trio #2 are ideal...

Heather Wade
Feb 284 min read


Dvorak goes to the birds
How American influences and songbirds birds shaped an infamous string quartet Antonin Dvorak was a Czech composer who lived for a few...

Heather Wade
Jan 313 min read


Charles Griffes: 2 SKETCHES ON INDIAN THEMES
how an american impressionist looked beyond classical music's european roots AMERICAN COMPOSER Charles Griffes (1884-1920, AND...

Heather Wade
Jan 172 min read


The bridge builders
beethoven shows us his big feelings, chausson lightens the load: Piano trios that go from here to there. B e ethoven was the first...

Heather Wade
Sep 27, 20244 min read


Piazzolla fans the flames (almost literally)
Meet the composer who defied tradition to the point of inciting murderous rage.... If you have ever done some reading about the Argentine...

Heather Wade
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Johannes and the Big Shadow
In January of 1859, when Johannes Brahms was 20 years old, he completed his first Piano Trio. This piece is what people who are serious...

Heather Wade
Mar 18, 20243 min read


Arensky and Antarctica
The composer you've never heard of who has his very own glacier! It would be totally understandable if one of the first questions that...

Heather Wade
Jan 23, 20242 min read


Beethoven, Dvorak, and historical dictation
the musical fight against dictatorships and control The Opus 70 trios of Ludwig Van Beethoven are a set of two works scored for piano,...

Heather Wade
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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