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Jingle that Bell!
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The best-loved
Christmas song
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In tune / Arts :
Corelli and JS Bach
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The Musical and Architectural
Baroque Style
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In essence / Anecdotes :
The Hungarians and
Chinese are related
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The Pentatonic Scale
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Valletta International Baroque Festival
To celebrate the city’s special baroque identity, the first edition of the festival has been conceived to be held in 2013. Music gems and operatic works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli and many more notable composers from the baroque era will be performed...
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Date: January 10 to 26, 2014
Country: Malta
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Have a Musical Christmas!
What is the original language of the carol “Silent Night”? Who will “go down in history!” according to a Christmas Song? Have fun with our Christmas muscial challenge! |
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That’s Padre Pedrini
to you and I!
“Who was the co-author of the first treatise on Western music theory ever written in Chinese?” If you are thinking of an Italian musician working in Beijing, you are absolutely on the right track... |
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Metrono-no?
If there’s one thing that divides opinions almost as equally as it divides beats per minute, it’s the metronome. Its controversy began right since its inception in the early 19th century, and remains a highly contentious topic... |
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Thinking About Notation
Time marches on and in music, you have to keep track of it. Before we get to time signatures, we have to talk about notation of pitch duration, i.e., how long is a note? How did the names get so separated? |
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The Miró Quartet plays Beethoven Opus 95 “Serioso”
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Sacred Choral Works by
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
O give thanks unto the Lord
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Bach
English Suite No. 1 in A major BWV 806 – Prélude
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