The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics
Music lovers have long been understandably enthralled with Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and their Romantic brethren.
Music lovers have long been understandably enthralled with Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and their Romantic brethren.
The sad truth is that until relatively recent decades, women have had severely limited opportunities within all the arts, especially music and, even more, composition.
Verdi and Wagner were great students of Beethoven, and their operas have symphonic sweep, architectonic integrity and orchestral richness galore. In addition, you cannot discount their endur…
Though Debussy was born in 1862 and died in 1918, this path-breaker has to be considered a 20th-century giant.
The argument for Mozart as the greatest composer ever would be based on his astounding versatility.
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: What made Vienna such a hotbed?
In videos and posts on ArtsBeat over the next two weeks Anthony Tommasini will explore the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time.
Yonghoon Lee wins admirers for his work in "Don Carlo."
Virgil Thomson, who grew up in a Baptist family and was a church organist in his youth, was never susceptible to religion, even as a child. Yet like his student Mr. Rorem, Thomson wrote many…
I am more sympathetic to the goals behind festivals in general and was drawn into this one, despite reservations.