Ragtime music is truly African-American music. It combines rhythms that were brought to this country by slaves, with musical forms brought over to the United States from Europe. Ragtime uses […]
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Georges Bizet’s parents were both musicians, so he grew up surrounded by music. Today, Bizet is best remembered for his theatrical music — operas and incidental music for plays.
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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 […]
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Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
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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 […]
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A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn began composing when he was 10. This week on Classics for Kids hear about other composers who started just as early — or even earlier.
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Appropriately spooky classical music for Halloween.
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A Finale is the end of a piece of music. Here’s a look at some famous finales.
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After Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote music for a play called The Inventor and the Comedians, he put selections from that music into a concert suite called The Comedians. Listen to what’s […]
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American-born Leonard Bernstein became famous all over the world as a composer, a conductor, and a pianist. In addition to writing classical music, composed classic Broadway musicals, including West Side […]
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