Dvořák’s chamber music has received surprisingly little attention from Anglo-American music theorists of the modern era, despite a well-established place in the concert repertoire. Close readings of ...

I was struck not only by the depth and beauty of the novel, but also the crucial role that music played in the narrative. For those who haven’t read the novel, here is a brief summary of the part that ...

When teaching listening skills to my music appreciation students at Colorado Mountain College, I notice that sonata form, the pinnacle of the classical-era obsession with formal elements in music, is ...

You’ve heard of food trucks, but what about concert trucks? Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) just acquired The Concert Truck, a 16-foot box truck converted into a mobile concert hall. Complete ...

Beethoven's second compositional phase, often known as his heroic period, is most obviously exemplified in the Eroica Symphony of 1803-4. But, as the slow movement of his Op. 26 Piano Sonata shows, ...