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The Ultimate Handel Quiz
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10 Greatest Musical Hoaxes and Pranks
A musical hoax is sometimes described as a musical forgery or mystification. It basically refers to a work of music composed by an individual and intentionally misattributed to someone else. Most frequently, such music hoaxes are attributed to historical figures
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Learn Your Chord Emojis!
Credit: Hummingbird Piano Studio/The Student Music Organizer on Facebook
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10 Fun and Exciting Clarinet Sonatas From the 20th Century
The 20th century really fell in love with the clarinet. I always get goosebumps listening to the opening of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with the clarinet sounding the delicious penetrating low trill followed by that long glissando. The technical demands
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A New Conductor!
Credit: NPR Classical
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Mythical Creatures: Unicorns
The concept of a unicorn has re-entered modern conversation, but instead of referring to an animal with a single horn (uni-corn), it now means ‘a person or thing that is rare or highly valued’ or ‘a privately-owned startup company worth
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Replacing the Tango: The Furlana (The Forlane)
In religious Italy in the early 20th century, the newly imported tango was judged to be just too salacious. In 1914, just on the cusp of WWI, Pope Pius X asked for a private demonstration of the new dance craze
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Test Your Knowledge of Beethoven
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