Truly an inside music joke. Counterpoint was the medieval guide to how to compose multiple voices, especially 4 part church hymns in ways that would harmonize "correctly" for the current tastes and conventions. A "fifth" is the fifth note on a major scale, the second...
Published on Jun 18, 2012 We had this conversation in 2007 during our filming for Piano Wizard Academy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Since that time, our feelings about the importance of music in the schools and in the lives of our children have only...
"Like many young piano players, we first met Beethoven early in our music journey. He’s one of the most famous and powerful composers ever — and wow, his music really sticks with you!" 🎶 "As the years went on, our connection with Beethoven grew even stronger. In fact,...
Johann Sebastian Bach German Composer (1685-1750) Writings from Bach’s World by Jan Chiapusso, Indiana University Press, 1968 “Music held an essentially spiritual meaning for Bach; it was a medium for reaching the depths of the soul…During Bach’s school years, music...
