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She couldn’t get enough of […] A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ
An educational outreach program of 90.9 WGUC
She couldn’t get enough of […] A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ
An educational outreach program of 90.9 WGUC
She couldn’t get enough of […] A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ
Dr. Kori’s blog for CFK
She couldn’t get enough of […] A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ
Iman J. Williams Hi, I’m Iman, the new Classics for Kids Intern! I am a flutist, activist, and plant enthusiast. I’ve been playing the flute since I was 10 years old! I am excited to share my passion for music and history with the Classics for Kids community! After World War I, African Americans began traveling North to seek a better life full of economic and social equality at the end of Slavery. Also known as The Great Migration, over 250,000 African Americans had migrated North. Harlem in New York City had become a popular destination for folks to settle down, be free, and be “unapologetically Black�, after years of being silenced.
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ€
Trinity Le, CFK Intern Adolphus Hailstork, a contemporary American composer, hails from upstate New York and currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Like so many of our great composers, Hailstork […]
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franck’s Violin
It was momentous, Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial Concert. On Easter Sunday, 1939, in response to being denied the use of DAR Constitution Hall due to her race, Anderson found herself […]
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ€
Growing up in Chicago, Margaret Bonds was surrounded by music. Her mother, Estella Bonds, was an organist and fixture of the South Side’s classical music scene. Her composition teachers included […]
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franck’s Violin
A. Kori Hill Lately, when Errollyn Wallen must work on a commission, she doesn’t go to an office or a café or a library; she goes to her lighthouse. Errollyn […]
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ€
A. Kori Hill When Melissa White saw Itzhak Perlman play violin on Sesame Street, she knew she wanted to play too. After begging her mom for two years, she started lessons and […]
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ€
If you love reading about composers, compositions, and music traditions, you’ve likely enjoyed something written by a music scholar. These folks go by many names and use many tools to study all these things. Not all musicological topics are historical, and not all music scholars are musicologists. So today, I want to break down for you the three major disciplines of academic music study people pursue when they want to write about music history and culture: musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory.
She couldn’t get enough of A Wedding Gift for the Violin King: César Franckâ€