The early eighteenth century witnessed the zenith of counterpoint ... fugues proper were usually confined to choral music and special occasions, but there are exceptions. Haydn, the inventor of the ...

Rebecca Clarke with violin, in the yard at Gayton Corner, Harrow, c. 1908, Rebecca Clarke and James Friskin Papers, Library of Congress. Courtesy Christopher Johnson, rebeccaclarkecomposer.com.

Vespers is the name for an evening prayer service in the Catholic Church. Monteverdi most likely wrote the Vespers in Mantua, ...

The string quartet piece presented on The Contrapuntist ... But there is also the classically trained composer who focuses on making beautiful written music through voice-leading and counterpoint.

CounterPoint is known hosting an assortment the hottest names in music on multiple stages throughout a magical plot of land which has held the Atlanta Steeplechase for the last 20 years.

The JACK Quartet’s concert Monday evening at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla offered selections from both camps: stalwart ...

The Belceas were joined by Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras for this revelatory performance of Brahms’s two youthful String Sextets ...

The name of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider is a takeoff on the pre-World War I artistic movement called Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Nearing its 20th ...

Advanced courses in counterpoint, orchestration, analysis, keyboard harmony and analytical technique seminars exposes our students to a broad array of approaches to understanding, analyzing, hearing, ...

The work is often cited as “the most present-tense music ever,” and it’s a fitting description ... throughout the weekend of such Reich works as Cello Counterpoint, Drumming and his three string ...

Season highlights include a new Global Voices Music Series celebrating traditions from around the world and a limited ...

I had been mostly indifferent to Swift’s music throughout her rise to superstardom. I could pick a few of her hits that I enjoyed and a few of her songs that I thought were terrible, but all in all, ...