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Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published March 5, 2019 · Last modified June 6, 2019
British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) paved the way for modern concert band music. Other composers had written for groups of wind and percussion instruments before (sometimes called “bands”), but Holst’s two suites for military...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 8, 2018 · Last modified August 25, 2019
Sometimes the overture lives on for far longer than the rest of the show it introduces. Such is the case of Colas Breugnon, an opera by Dmitry (Dmitri) Kabalevsky. You may have heard of...
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published May 2, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2019
Do you have to understand something to like or appreciate it? Think about all the cultural things we experience: art, music, theater, dance, cuisine, literature. And more. People study and hone their craft in...
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 15, 2018 · Last modified August 25, 2019
“Want to hear ‘Dance of the Tumblers’?” “Sure! That’s a great piece!” ♪♫ music starts playing ♪♫ “That’s not it.” “Um, yes it is. See the title? It’s from The Snow Maiden” “I know...
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published September 5, 2017 · Last modified August 28, 2019
Happy birthday, Amy Beach! Who’s Amy Beach, you ask? Sadly, too many people ask that question, despite her being one of America’s foremost woman composers. As today is the 150th anniversary of her birth,...