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The Harp | A Minute with Miles Abraham Lincoln | A Minute with Miles

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Abraham Lincoln | A Minute with Miles
President's Day is observed in the United States on the third Monday of February. February 12 is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, and I wonder if you knew that our sixteenth president was a great music...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Francis Poulenc | A Minute with Miles

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Francis Poulenc | A Minute with Miles
Francis Poulenc didn’t have to depend on composition for his living—he was the heir to the fortune of the Rhône-Poulenc pharmaceutical company—but he nonetheless turned out an enormous body of work in...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Chamber Music Rehearsals | A Minute with Miles

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Chamber Music Rehearsals | A Minute with Miles
Chamber music rehearsals are very different from orchestra rehearsals. In an orchestra rehearsal, it’s the conductor’s job to make the overall musical decisions and to ensure that the members of the...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Melody | A Minute with Miles

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Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Melody | A Minute with Miles
Already during their lifetimes, Antonin Dvorák and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky were among the most famous composers in the world. Their music is extremely sophisticated, the product of highly skilled...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Seymour Barab | A Minute with Miles

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Seymour Barab | A Minute with Miles
The American composer Seymour Barab started out as a pianist and organist, but as a teenager he took up the cello, and as a cellist he became a highly successful orchestra musician, founder of...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Max Bruch | A Minute with Miles

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Max Bruch | A Minute with Miles
Some great composers have been pioneers and musical radicals, and some have been fundamentally conservative. Max Bruch was a conservative to his bones, and it served him well. He established his...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Atonality vs Dissonance | A Minute with Miles

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Atonality vs Dissonance | A Minute with Miles
Atonality and dissonance are often linked in listeners’ minds, but they’re not the same thing. Dissonance, from the Latin words for “sounding” and “apart,” is the simultaneous sounding of two or more...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Atonal Music | A Minute with Miles

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Atonal Music | A Minute with Miles
Atonal music is music that isn’t written in a key, music that doesn’t follow the traditional rules of harmony. But although the term “atonal” tells us what a piece isn’t, it doesn’t tell us what it is...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Rise of Violin | A Minute with Miles

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Rise of Violin | A Minute with Miles
Have you ever wondered how the violin came to play such an important role in the history of classical music? Well, it starts with singing. The invention of opera, in late 16th century Florence, marks...
The Harp | A Minute with Miles Oboe | A Minute with Miles

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Oboe | A Minute with Miles
The modern oboe most likely originated in France in the 1600's. The word oboe, which is the instrument’s name in both English and Italian, comes from the French name, hautbois, meaning “high wood,” or...