A look at exactly what’s going on musically in Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Appropriately spooky classical music for Halloween.
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
From the time Frédéric Chopin was a child, audiences loved to hear him play the piano. A lot of composers were famous as keyboard players, too: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt…
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Ballet is a theatrical performance that tells a story using music, costumes, sets, and dance. Victoria Morgan, artistic director of the Cincinnati Ballet, talks with Naomi Lewin about ballet and […]
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev lived and traveled around the world, but found that he was most at home in Russia. This look at his life takes you on his travels […]
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
From the time he was young, Schumann knew that he wanted to write. The only question was, should he write words, or music? Eventually, Schumann became known as a famous […]
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
From a very early age, Scott Joplin supported himself as a performing pianist. Eventually, he earned a living selling his compositions, too. Thanks to Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, the most […]
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Antonin Dvorak and his fellow Czech composers were among the first music nationalists. Here’s a look at many others, including composers from America.
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
Franz Schubert’s father expected his son to be a teacher in the school that he ran. But Schubert didn't last long at that job — he was much more interested […]
1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 6:00 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link
