November 15, 2022 – Classics for Kids https://www.classicsforkids.com/2022/11/15/
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Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
An educational outreach program of 90.9 WGUC
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
Trinity Le, CFK Intern Many of us are familiar with Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” No. 9 with its sweeping melodies inspired by the rolling, vast landscape of America. He wrote […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
When he was a young pianist, Johannes Brahms accompanied a Hungarian violinist, and fell in love with Hungarian music. His own Hungarian-flavored dances were written to entertain his friends at […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
John Philip Sousa — the most American of composers — was the son of immigrants to the United States. Because of his love for bands and band music, John Philip […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
Usually, an overture is a piece of music played at the beginning of a play, opera or ballet in order to set the mood. But there are also other kinds […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
„In The Hall of the Mountain King“ is part of the incidental music Edvard Grieg wrote for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. Hear the story of the play as you […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
Even though classical music is sometimes referred to as „serious music,“ a lot of times it just isn’t. Serious, that is — classical composers wrote some very funny music.
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog
The kind of galop that Dmitri Kabalevsky put his suite The Comedians has nothing to do with horses. In fact, it’s not even spelled the same as a horse’s gallop. […]
Musical Terms Instruments Composer Explorer Kids Blog