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During World War I, French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) wrote a six-movement suite for solo piano titled Le tombeau de Couperin. A “tombeau” (“tomb” in French) is a musical tribute to someone who has passed …

The Scarlatti Sonata in G major K 455, is very dancelike and popular, filled with the rhythmic click and snap of Spanish castanets. Guitar idioms are heard in the repeated notes that dominate the last …

The first movement of the Symphony #39 opens with a slow, serious, chromatic introduction, colored by brass fanfares and descending lines. Such solemnity was a new type of beginning for Mozart. And he offered another …

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 was written in 1808, during his middle period. The sonata was composed in the same year as the Piano Trios Op. 70 and …

It is no great surprise that some musicians have no ability and no patience to teach. Others, however, encourage their students, take the time to demonstrate, and are quick to recognize progress. Have a look …