Author: Nano Alfonsin

There is no clear agreement among critics and scholars as to Beethoven’s most significant contribution to classical music. This, perhaps more than anything else, speaks to the composer’s true greatness. Few dispute that Beethoven played an integral part in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic era, or that […]

The Three Greatest Living Classical Music Conductors Within the last 25 years, some of the greatest names in classical music conducting have set down their batons permanently. Within a span of ten years in the late eighties and early nineties, we lost names like Bernstein, Karajan, and Solti. But in […]

The popularity of Classical music has increased during the period of 1700 to 1800. New concerts, symphonies and sonatas are conducted by many famous composers. Some of the popular classic music composers include Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart. Anybody can be an expert in the classic music by learning […]

The Classic Orchestra: Some Interesting and Historical Facts The most important and widely sought after type of music is the music of the classic orchestra, or symphonic music. The very word “symphony” comes from two Greek words meaning “to sound together.” Orchestral symphonies were firs composed in the early part […]

While we use ‘classical’ music today to describe most instrumental pieces composed in previous centuries, there was actually a period of time known as the Classical Period. The Baroque period of 1600-1760 held such composers as Johann Sebastian Bach and Vivaldi and was known for functional tonality and solo instruments […]

Classical Music: A Stricter Understanding of the Term The phrase “classical music” is one that is frequently misused and, even when it is used properly, it still has several different though related meanings. It is chiefly misused when it is opposed to “popular music.” When contrasted with popular music classical […]