Contextualizing Franz Schubert and the Gothic
04/04/2024
Guest post written by Joe Davies, author of The Gothic Imagination in the Music of Franz Schubert. What drew you to the topic of Schubert and the gothic? Why such… READ MORE
Category: Music
Women in Pierre Boulez’s formative years
25/03/2024
Guest post written by Caroline Potter, author of Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium. Pierre Boulez’s extraordinary formative years are the focus of my new book. Most of the story concentrates on… READ MORE
6 Books to Read on Contemporary Music
18/03/2024
Guest post written by Eastman Studies in Music series editor, Ralph Locke. The field of musical composition since around 1950—whether for the concert hall or the opera house—has been astonishingly… READ MORE
The Inspirational Moment Behind Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium
29/01/2024
Guest post written by Caroline Potter, author of the book Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium. The very first inkling that I might write a book on Pierre Boulez’s music is something… READ MORE
Finding the Meaning of Music and Morality
04/12/2023
Guest post written by Paul Watt who is Adjunct Professor of Musicology in The University of Adelaide. The ‘go-to’ text for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between music… READ MORE
The History of a Revolutionary Era Through the Biography of a Harp
27/10/2023
In 2014, while selecting instruments for the new permanent exhibition of musical instruments at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, I came across a harp bearing the signature ‘Sebastian Erard’s //… READ MORE
A Deep Dive Into The Piano Music Of Samuel Adler
20/09/2023
If you’ve spent more than half a century involved with the music of a composer, you don’t think the piano world knows enough about, what might you do to increase… READ MORE
The Joy of Piano-Playing
11/09/2023
We pianists are expected to play three centuries of music on one kind of instrument, epitomized by the modern Steinway—largely unchanged since about 1890. It’s a fantastic tool, but it… READ MORE
The Art of Speaking the Piano
05/09/2023
Austrian-American pianist and composer Artur Schnabel was reportedly told by his teacher, Theodor Leschetitzky, that he ‘must learn to speak the piano’. When I first heard this story, it surprised me…. READ MORE
Mysteries of Music and Magic
30/08/2023
Marsilio Ficino had a lot on his mind in the summer of 1489. Imagine him pacing the hallways and gardens of the Villa Careggi, his residential estate near Florence. Marsilio… READ MORE
What My Body Knows