French composer Claude Debussy did not align himself with the movement that became known as Impressionism. Understandably, Debussy resisted this classification as with it could come restrictions, ...

When the world of the moving picture arrived in the early part of the 20th century, it was a revolution. What is often referred to as the silent years from around 1910 to 1927 marked a turning point ...

Reggae music has had a profound influence on many aspects of Western culture from fashion to popular music. Across the United Kingdom, the USA and Africa, Reggae secured a strong foothold in the ...

This first extract is taken from a 2015 performance called ‘Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II’. The remarkable achievement here is that the music is performed live to the cartoon that plays on a gigantic ...

The genre called house music is something that encapsulates a wide range of subgenres that naturally evolved from the original concept. For some the notion that house stems back as far as the 1980s ...

When we think of an orchestra, we immediately think of a large number of violinists sitting in front of the stage, in an almost privileged place near the conductor, just like the cellos and violas.

It isn’t uncommon for pianists of all ages to have experienced injury or even the loss of a hand. For some, it has been the making of an entire career and for many composers presented a worthy ...

To set the scene, the ‘Rite of Spring’ was composed by the Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky. It is a score written specifically for a commission by The Ballet Russes under the legendary Serge ...

The Seiler piano brand has been around for over 160 successful years and it is still in business today. It was a man called Eduard Seiler who began this line of pianos in a charming town called ...

Form or structure in music refers to how the music is constructed or put together. There are many different forms or structures that have developed throughout music history. Some are more complicated ...

We could say that most indie music is alternative, but not all are indie. Let’s unpack this statement. Many alternative rock bands in the 1980s signed with independent labels, but later moved to one ...

To be completely clear from the outset of this article, the term ‘folk music’ covers an immensely broad and diverse selection of music from across the world. Quite frequently this term is used to ...