Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical Era composer who loved to compose operas. He was taught music by his father and became a notable touring musician (managed by his father, of course) as a young boy. He amazed audiences with his command of the piano, violin and viola, as well as his skill in composition…
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is a German Baroque era (1600-1750) composer who is known as the grandfather of modern music theory – his compositions were so well loved and studied, and focused so much on harmonic color, that our rules of music theory are modeled after what Bach did (and avoided) in most of his…
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) is an Italian Baroque Era composer and ordained priest who was know as “the red priest” (likely due to his red hair). His prolific musical output, including nearly 500 concertos, over 70 sonatas, and around 50 operas, illustrate the tendency in the Baroque era of constantly composing new works for concerts and…
I posted a tutorial for Joachim Andersen Op 41 Etude #4, Allegro Animato. This completes my YouTube series on Op 41 – hooray! I hope that you find this new video, and others in the series, helpful. Check out the new video here. As a student, I recorded my practice sessions frequently on cassette tape…
