There are SO many great music scholars out there. So many folks that make it easy for us to access information on music and its history. That’s the cool thing about music scholarship: it doesn’t stay the same. Because there’s always something new to uncover or reinvestigate. Â
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A. Kori Hill Leontyne Price was born in 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi. Her mother, Kate Baker Price, was a soprano in the church choir, so Leontyne was surrounded by music […]
Leontyne performed in a lot of opera productions in the 1960s, traveling all over
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 […]
€™t only write in a “classicalâ€� style; like many composers she incorporates all
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Pronunciation: Example: Score A copy of a piece of music that has the parts for all
A. Kori Hill Music Hall in Cincinnati 1879, Friends of Music Hall It’s 1893. You’re sitting in Music Hall. If you’re white, you’re sitting on the orchestra level, maybe in […]
exquisite crispness with which she executes complicated scales in rapid time delight all
A. Kori Hill Did you know that a member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Ella Sheppard (1851-1914), used to live in Cincinnati? She moved there around 1860, several years after […]
If you take a look at Sheppard’s transcription of “I’m Going to Sing All the
Even if you don’t know it, you’ve probably heard it. I’m talking about “Hallelujahâ€� from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio, Messiah. Celebrating the triumph of the Christian savior, Jesus Christ, over […]
at different times, creating a polyphonic texture that pulls your attention in all
A. Kori Hill Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), was a virtuoso violinist, composer, conductor, and fencer. His life brought him into contact with many famous people. As the music […]
Saint-Georges’ Op. 7, No. 1 concerto is galant style all the way—the melody of I.
A. Kori Hill It’s never too late to find new composers to check out. Since we’ve recently celebrated Black History Month, I thought it’d be nice to check out some Black composers that don’t always make the listicles […]
Add these to your playlist and check them out all year round! L.
In the 16th century, „conquistadores“ – soldiers from Spain – sailed to Mexico, and took over the country from the Indigenous people who lived there. The Spanish brought their language, […]
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