About twenty years ago, my piano teacher said that she'd read that Bach assigned a different mood to each key, and that correlation helped him determine the key of each composition. The one I remember was that D-major stood for joy ( Read more... )

I am writing a story about two girls attending Leningrad Conservatory in the 1950-1970. One is a violinist, one is a pianist. Both perform exclusively classical music ( Read more... )

I have completely forgotten all of the music theory I learned in college. So the definition of the term i'm looking for is ( Read more... )

I have an talented eight-year old pianist. He isn't professional but he learns quickly and loves music. The person teaching him is his very traditional father who plays too but is "only good, not great." I need a classic piano piece. Maybe a Sonata? I also need an example of a question he would have about the sheet music while practicing it. The ( Read more... )

Time: 18th and mid-19th centuries ( Read more... )

I know nothing about opera except for that there's a chance that your opera house contains and opera ghost and then you just have all sorts of problems. I also don't have the slightest idea how to search this, as I also know nothing about languages in which operas are usually sung so it's not really like I can check for lyrics ( Read more... )

is there any way to access carnegie hall's archives through the internet? i'm looking for performances & programmes performed by heifetz at CH between the years of 1935-1946. does anyone know anyone (a grandmother/father?) who may've attended one of these performances? from what i've seen so far all i can dig up is the 1917 debut, & there are vague ( Read more... )