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Beethoven’s DNA reveals he just wasn’t that musical
Analysis of Beethoven’s DNA has revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for beat synchronization, an ability that’s closely related to musicality. This is according to researchers who set out to show how making genetic predictions for individuals, including famous historical figures, can…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps - Ouverture
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps - Ouverture
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The Science of Snobbery: How We're Duped Into Thinking Fancy Things Are Better
Wine snobs, string quartets, and the limits of intuition - a detailed look at how our brain relies on intuition more than facts to make judgements, and that this is equally true for so-called experts as for total amateurs.
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Groupmuse wants to expand your mind — and your social circle — through classical music parties
There is clapping between movements, as well as whistling, shouting, and even catcalling. It probably helps that the alcohol started flowing an hour or more ago, as guests and musicians began to trickle into this cozy Jamaica Plain apartment. But there’s something else going on: This living room full of 20-somethings, some in their socks, others recording the performance on their phones, is genuinely excited about chamber music.
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What would Salon think of an article called, ‘Why I can’t stand Asian musicians who play Beethoven’?
From Salon comes an article called “Why I can’t stand white belly dancers,” with the subtitle “Whether they know it or not, white women who practice belly dance are engaging in appropriation.”
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Colorado Symphony Announces ‘Classical Cannabis’ Series
Now, Snoop Dogg isn't the only musician inviting you to "smoke weed every day". Trying to crawl out of a $1.2 million cash deficit, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is rolling out a new series of concerts aimed at attracting a younger, somewhat more red-eyed audience.
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Shut Up, Please. One man’s approach to a problem of modern music
A few years ago, I was offered two very good tickets to a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. I invited my daughter to the game, but almost immediately my wife complained, “Why don’t you ever let me go?” So I gave them the two tickets and went to see the legendary pianist Alfred Brendel at Carnegie Hall instead...
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Overwhelmed with sound: Terry Riley interviewed
“That’s the sort of thing that’s always interested me: things where you can’t quite figure out what you are hearing.”
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J.S. BACH, Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052, BWV1053, BWV1056, BWV1054, I Barocchisti
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Alessandro Moreschi is the only castrato to be recorded solo. In this recording he is over 50 years old and had lost much of the quality of his voice.
The Castrati were men who were forcibly castrated at an early age in order to ensure that they would not experience the hormonal changes of puberty that lead to the lowering of the male voice.
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Ten Classical Music Pieces for Easter
Though Handel's Messiah rightly reigns supreme as the king of music for Easter, there are many other seasonal masterpieces that deserve to be heard more often. Here are ten lesser-known classical works that brilliantly depict the dramatic events of Holy Week and Easter Sunday...
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Borinquen Academy of Fine Arts
You are welcome to visit Borinquen Academy of Fine Arts, located on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea). A small academy where I teach Piano, Violin, Classic Guitar, Art, Ballet, Ceramics, and Space resources
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Learning Classical Guitar
The Classical Guitar students develops the ability to move the playing fingers in a synchronized pattern of rapid movements without looking at the hands. At the same time the student must read various musical notes and automatically interpret their location on the fingerboard and the intensity (dynamic) to which it is played. The "mastery" level is reached when several complex masterpieces are performed by memorization in public
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Velvet Gentleman: Erik Satie
Nick Richardson reviews “A Mammal’s Notebook: The Writings of Erik Satie,” edited by Ornella Volta, translated by Antony Melville.
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Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 99 (III. Passacaglia)(Hilary Hahn)
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Symphony No. 9 ~ Beethoven
A little Beethoven to start your day.
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Vals de la Primavera, Op. 8, No. 5 (Agustin Barrios)
Hi /t/classicalmusic! I'm new to Snapzu (just came from Reddit), and I thought I'd show everyone a great piece by my favourite classical guitar composer, Agustin Barrios.
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Schubert - Ave Maria
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santana - black magic woman
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The Prince of the Player Piano
The Whitney Museum is now hosting an eleven-day festival celebrating the work of American expatriate composer Conlon Nancarrow, who is best known for his innovative studies for player piano. By Andrew Katzenstein.
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