From the harmonies and impressionistic sparkle of the French school to the avant-garde of the Viennese school and all the way across to the rhythmic vitality of the Russian school, the early twentieth ...

taking part of her musical heritage and reimagining it with a classical orchestra. Naomi: Another country with a huge influence in 20th Century music is Russia. Ludwig: Who is zis man? Vhy so serious?

Alexandra Pakhmutova was a popular 20th century Russian composer known for writing hundreds of songs. Her lyrical and cinematic Trumpet Concerto makes an entrance this morning!

The history and politics of the 20th Century provided inspiration for the diverse range of musical styles developed between 1900 and 1999, pioneered by composers ranging from Elgar and Britten, to ...

As with other musical elements, the early 20th century was a time when structure ... different parts of the world are from Western Classical music. Indian ragas are based on the rag - an Indian ...

Not only did he acquaint me with the ‘Bachs and Mozarts’ but also with music from outside of Western Europe – with the Polish Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki, the Hungarian György Ligeti or ...

Archie Glover’s beginner’s guide offers a clear and approachable entry point into the often overwhelming world of classical music ...

Self-taught, and inspired by the likes of Wagner and Brahms, Schoenberg’s early works built on the lush, Romantic era style, before he began to develop the twelve-tone serialist technique that would ...

An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th ... century composer Arnold Schoenberg were destroyed last week when the wildfires in Southern California burned down the music ...