Podcasts about great composers

What are études? Should you be playing them? Where do they fit into your practice routine, especially also considering a scale and arpeggio practice? Which ones should you start with, and should you always go in book order? If you've ever considered some of these questions, or you're a student, a teacher, or someone hoping to keep your playing chops in top condition, this episode is for you! Host Laurel Thomsen answers common questions and gives her recommendations for études to check out for beginners, intermediates, and more advanced players.Show Notes:Études for beginners:Sevcik op 1 (first 10) Fiddle Magic by Sally O'ReillyCassia Harvey Open String Bow Workouts (among others), see https://charveypublications.com/ Dancla op 84 Laoureux - a practical method for violin part 1 Études for advancing beginners/intermediates:Wohlfahrt op 45Sitt op 32 books 1 & 2Kayser op 20Études for intermediates: Mazas op 36 - 3 progressive volumes Dont op 37 - preparatory to Kreutzer and Rode Laoureux - a practical method for violin part 2 supplementCohen - Technique Takes Off (and other volumes)Amy Barlow - 12 Etude Caprices in the Styles of the Great Composers Études for advancing players:Kreutzer op 42 Fiorillo 36 ÉtudesRode 24 CapricesÉtudes for advanced players:Gavinies 24 CapricesDont op 35Weiniaski l'ecole modernePaganini 24 capricesDouble Stop Études:Trott Melodious Double Stops books 1 & 2 (intermediate)Polo 30 double stop etudes (intermediate)Études written just for Viola: Palaschko op 55 - 12 studies for viola (intermediate level)Lillian Fuchs - 15 Characteristic Studies and 16 Fantasy Etudes (intermediate to advanced)Compilations:Harvey Whistler - shifting (2 volumes) and double stop compilations (intermediate)Modern Technique:Dawson - 24 Etudes for the Modern Violinist (or violist), see https://www.sleepypuppypress.com~~Host Laurel Thomsen's info and links:For more information and info about my performances, recordings, and teaching, please visit my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.laurelthomsen.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To check out my Violin Geek Blog, the companion to the podcast, sharing tips, insight and inspiration since 2007, please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.laurelthomsen.com/violin-geek-blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you have a violin, viola, fiddle, music biz, or practice related question or topic you'd like to have covered on the Violin Geek podcast or in the blog, have someone you'd like me to interview, or have a  story or insight to share, please send me an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠laurel@laurelthomsen.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Also, please reach out if you'd like to inquire about online violin, viola, or fiddle lessons with me via Skype, FaceTime, or  Zoom. You're also welcome to post your success story, comments, or suggestions to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/laurelthomsenmusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Happy Practicing!

Today in 1887 (or, by some accounts, 1888), the birthday of a composer who's really only now getting the acclaim she deserves: Florence Price. Plus: did you know that it was a violation of iTunes terms of service to use it to build weapons? As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. (New York Times) 8 Ridiculous EULA Clauses You May Have Already Agreed To (MakeUseOf) With help from our Patreon backers we can make a symphony of new episodes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support

In the fourth and final part of our staff picks episodes the Intelligence Squared team continue their look back across 2023 to pick their favourite moments from all of the podcasts we've produced over the past 12 months. Intelligence Squared CEO Matt McAllester joins Executive Producer Hannah Kaye for this instalment to select their highlights. Matt is going for James Comey and Armando Iannucci, who appeared live onstage together at London's Union Chapel in summer 2023. Hannah selects Bach vs Beethoven: The Battle of the Great Composers, in which celebrated cellist Steven Isserlis was joined onstage at Cadogan Hall in London alongside music writer and critic Norman Lebrecht to debate two giants of classical music. If you'd like to get access to all of our longer form interviews and members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Musical Masters.

Alec and Nick kick off the new year of podcasts with a discussion of Excellence. Taking on critical histories of the composer as fodder, the episode surveys musical success paradigms and the narcissisms of small difference which feed debates over musical interpretation. Topics include Alec and Nick's recent performances as participants in Random Gear Festival, a recent viewing of Tár, the parasite as a metaphor for interpretation, old-school classicism, Harold C. Shonberg's book, “The Lives of the Great Composers,” musical idealism vs. counterculture, music as text, and more.

In this special Best of Strong Women, we are resharing when we talked to Dr. Tim Ralston of Dallas Theological Seminary about the Mother of Jesus! Mary has a center role in the story of Jesus' birth, life, and death. But what do we know about her character and perspective as she mothered Him from womb to death on the cross? Was Mary a helicopter mom? Join our conversation with Dr. Tim for a glimpse into the life of Mary.   Vindicating the Vixens by Sandra Glahn  Strong Women Episode 23 with Sandra Glahn  Annunciation poem by John Donne  Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers by Patrick Kavanaugh  Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/   The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/  Support the Colson Center today to equip believers with a deep faith that gives clarity and meaning to every part of life. Give now at colsoncenter.org/swbigenough 

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Lois speaks with producer TJ Lubinsky about the music special "It's What's Happening, Baby!" The film includes videos made by Berry Gordy and a historic concert filmed at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, and it airs tomorrow night on ATL PBA.Plus, author and educator Dr. Ana Gerhard. Her new series of children books is “Little Stories of Great Composers.”

What do the Great Composers and the Prophets have in common

Episode 7 || In this episode I'm sharing one simple learning rhythm to help ground your week: the morning basket. If you find yourself unexpectedly homeschooling, just starting out with homeschooling or simply wanting to incorporate more concentrated learning into your week, this rhythm is for you. I'm going to go into detail about the morning basket concept and how/when/why we use it. I'm sharing timing, tips, resources and subjects we cover. I hope it's encouraging, inspiring and gets those wheels turning. Dianna Hutts Aston writes beautiful nature books I mention in this episode. Here's the link to A Nest is Noisy (the rest in the series can be found on Amazon if you search the author): https://www.amazon.com/Nest-Noisy-Dianna-Hutts-Aston/dp/1452161356/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=a+nest+is+noisy&qid=1593726682&sprefix=a+nest+is&sr=8-2 ABC Scripture Memory cards from Pip and J Papery: https://www.etsy.com/listing/623155034/abc-scripture-memorization-cards-abc?ref=shop_home_feat_1 DK The Arts: A Visual Encyclopedia: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1465461787?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image Meet the Great Composers, Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0882848550?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title If you have any questions for me about this episode or any and all things motherhood + self-care, send a voice message to me at this link: https://anchor.fm/selfcaresessions/message or an email to connect@soulmindbodyselfcare.com. Today's self-care resource is: This blog post that has a whole section on homeschooling ——> PRACTICAL WAYS TO CARE FOR YOURSELF + YOUR FAMILY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES [DEEP BREATH, MAMA – YOU'VE GOT THIS]: https://soulmindbodyselfcare.com/practical-ways-to-care-for-yourself-your-family-in-uncertain-times-deep-breath-mama-youve-got-this/ You can also find me here: Blog: https://soulmindbodyselfcare.com/blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulmindbodyselfcare/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/soulmindbodyselfcare Let's care for ourselves, Hannah --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Beethoven and Smetana both lost it.

Every great composer has an origin story. Every composer started somewhere. I'm fascinated with a composers first works because they tell us so much about who they are going to become. In some cases, composers were writing masterpieces before they turned 18! And some were late bloomers, giving some hope to the rest of us! Today we look at composers 5-10: Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Shostakovich, and in my Patreon exclusive mini-episode, Prokofiev. You'll hear some truly astonishing music this week!

Every great composer has an origin story. Every composer started somewhere. I’m fascinated with a composers first works because they tell us so much about who they are going to become. We can see in so many of these works a germ, a seed of an idea that will blossom into masterpieces. In some cases, composers were writing masterpieces before they turned 18. And some were late bloomers, giving some hope to the rest of us! Today we look at composers 1-5: Mozart, Rameau, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.

Welcome back to our second episode of Under the Sheets! This week’s hot gossip includes Antonín Dvořák and Franz Schubert. First up, we talk about Czech composer Dvorak’s time in the United States -- how he got there, what he did, how he totally didn’t understand racial inequality, or the importance of a good libretto to an opera. Dvorak didn’t quite “get” a lot of things, but he was a hero to the Czech people and he composed music that is really pretty. In the words of "Parks and Recreation's" Donna Meagle, “Mm [Dvorak]. You’re fine but you’re simple.” Later, AliceAnn tells us about Schubert and his parties that he named after himself, Schubertiads, where all sorts of crazy and weird and probably awkward things happened. Schubert, the Little Mushroom of Our Hearts

Welcome to our very first episode of Under the Sheets! This is the show where we talk about all of the hot gossip about your favorite classical music composers. In this episode, we explore english composer Ethel Smyth and her racy affair with (gasp!) Virginia Woolf. Later, we talk about German composer and homewrecker extraordinaire Johannes Brahms and his weirdass love triangle with the Schumanns. Like us, follow us, and email us! FB: facebook.com/UnderTheSheetsPodcast Insta: @underthesheetspodcast Email: underthesheetspodcast@gmail.com Theme music: “Nessun Dorma,” originally composed by Giacomo Puccini, from the opera "Turandot" Arranged and recorded by Babatunde Akinboboye Facebook: facebook.com/babatundehiphopera Instagram: @babatunde_hiphopera We can’t promise facts, but we can give you our sources: Smyth, Ethel. Memoirs of Ethel Smyth. Verlag Nicht Ermittelbar, 2011. Tommasini, Anthony. Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide. Penguin Books, 2019. Steen, Michael. The Lives and Times of the Great Composers. Icon Books, 2011. Cawthorne, Nigel. Sex Lives of the Great Composers. Prion, 2004. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/underthesheets/support

Cellist David Eby joins us on the Podcast to discuss his work incorporating meditation and mindfulness in performance. He leads workshops for instrumentalists, singers, music lovers, and more. He is a deeply fascinating and well-spoken individual with incredible insight to share. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.  Show Notes: Talks with Great Composers by Arthur M. Abell Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by Robert Jourdain. Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda Ananda Village - https://www.anandavillage.org David Eby's Offerings: Ebook: Practice Room Meditations by David Eby “Inspired Performance” 6-week course http://www.davidebymusic.com youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQDXObwRx1oQ9NKV4jlySpQ  

When the urge to compose finally struck again, Rachmaninoff took a little theme by Nicolo Paganini and turned it into a tour de force for the piano and orchestra, called Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. In this final episode of the Great Composers series on Rachmaninoff, we also explore Rachmaninoff’s final masterpiece -- the Symphonic Dances. Rachmaninoff reaches back to the debilitating early failure of Symphony No. 1 and brings those early musical ideas to a glorious new realization.

Why do we love Rachmaninoff's music so much? Is it the romantic themes? The dark, brooding undercurrents? Whatever it is, it's hooked listeners for more than a century. Our new miniseries on The Great Composers opens with a look at Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor.

This week's podcast episode discusses Mason's purpose for music in her curriculum feast. before the "non-musical" teachers ignore this subject for school, let us carefully explore why so much music training, appreciation, and practice is included--for the children's sake.   “Does it, or does it not, make any appreciable difference to a baby to be in a home where music is part of the every-day life, where it is put to sleep with simple songs, where cheerful little musical games are introduced in their natural place, where it is led to find rhythmical expression in dances and songs, and where it hears much beautiful sound which it docs not attempt to account for or understand ? I think that all teachers of experience will agree that it does make an enormous difference, and that it is possible to pick out from a roomful of children, by their very bearing, those who come from homes where music exists.” (Holland, "Music as an Educational Subject" Parents' Review) "Some of the most important habits for a child to acquire, are (1) observation ; (2) concentration ; (3) imagination ; and (4) reasoning. ... [and Music] trains simultaneously, as no other single subject does, ear, eye, and hand, it awakens and naturally develops the imagination, and insists upon concentration and reasoning." (Holland) " Music is the language of the soul, but it defies interpretation. It means something, but that something belongs not to this world of sense and logic, but to another world, quite real, though beyond all definition. ... Is there not in music, and in music alone of all the arts, something that is not entirely of this earth ? Whence comes melody ? Surely not from anything that we hear with our outward ears and are able to imitate, to improve, or to sublimise. . . . Here if anywhere, we see the golden stairs on which angels descend from heaven and whisper sweet sounds into the ears of those who have ears to hear. . . ." (Holland) "Training of the Ear and Voice is an exceedingly important part of physical culture, which began with basic enunciation, and French lessons. She also pointed out that that every child may be, and should be, trained to sing through carefully graduated ear and voice exercises, to produce and distinguish musical tones and intervals." (Vol. 1, p. 133) "If possible, let the children learn from the first under artists, lovers of their work: it is a serious mistake to let the child lay the foundation of whatever he may do in the future under ill-qualified mechanical teachers, who kindle in him none of the enthusiasm which is the life of art." (Vol. 1, p. 31) "Intelligent love of music is one of the great joys and privileges of life, but it is denied to quite half the community, and I would argue that the cultivation thereof is in its way quite as important as technical instrumental instruction, as it is one of the greatest factors in elevating mankind." (A Musical Baby, Mrs. Glover, Parents' Review) The Child Pianist--Teacher's Guide (Curwen Method) Listener's Guide to Musics, Scholes Second Book of Great Musicians, Scholes *The Planets, Sobel The Growth of Music, Colles Elements of Music, Davenport Studies of Great Composers, Parry Enjoyment of Music, Pollitt Musical Groundwork, Shera (*Affiliate Links) Episode 74: Singing Episode 76: Drill and Physical Training Episode 34: Composer Study Heidi Buschbach's Articles on CMP (Here and Here) Sabbath Mood Homeschool's Middle School Astronomy Guide

Mozart's "The Magic Flute" marries high art with catchy tunes, and makes us wonder what the composer would have written if he had lived longer. It's the final of five episodes on Mozart, kicking off our new podcast The Great Composers. The series, hosted by Karla Walker and Scott O'Neil, offers an intimate look at some of history's greatest musical minds. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

Mozart's popularity as a piano soloist begins to wane, so he adapts. In this fourth installment of The Great Composers, Mozart happily turns his focus to his first, true love: opera. Mozart writes “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Don Giovanni.” He also writes his three great, final symphonies in one summer. Listen and subscribe for more episodes hosted by Karla Walker and Scott O'Neil.

After years of frustration, Mozart enjoys great success on the operatic stage and a meteoric rise in the Viennese artistic scene. He essentially reinvents the keyboard concerto in the process. He also breaks free from his Salzburg employer and his family -- and he marries Constanze Weber. It's the third of five episodes on Mozart, kicking off our new podcast The Great Composers. The series, hosted by Karla Walker and Scott O'Neil, offers an intimate look at some of history's greatest musical minds. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

Mozart blossoms as an artist but struggles to fulfill the full measure of his potential. He’s already composed numerous symphonies and concertos. And his mother tirelessly supports his career, even as their travels around Europe cause her health to deteriorate. It's the second of five episodes on Mozart, kicking off our new podcast The Great Composers. The series, hosted by Karla Walker and Scott O'Neil, offers an intimate look at some of history's greatest musical minds. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

A child is born in Salzburg with indescribable, incomprehensible talent for music and composition. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travels the world and rubs shoulders with the greatest composers in Europe, all by the age of 12. It's the first of five episodes on Mozart, kicking off our new podcast The Great Composers. The series, hosted by Karla Walker and Scott O'Neil, offers an intimate look at some of history's greatest musical minds. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

It’s an intimate look at the people who wrote some of the greatest music ever. Subscribe and hear a preview.

Music DOES heal the soul and this week on Making Life Brighter Radio, Berklee Music Professor and Classical Composer, Andrew List, shares his amazing gifts with us! This Thursday at 10am PST - 1pm EST, Andrew List, and expert in his field, talks music, Great Composers, and what it's like to be a medium for both musical and spiritual healing. Talented and accomplished while additionally helping students around the world discover their gifts, Andrew shares his beautiful works of art as an example of healing and expression. Tune in Live! or catch the Archive! This Thursday on Making Life Brighter Radio! 'Your Choice For Conscious Entertainment!'TM www.makinglifebrighter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast episode's focus describes Charlotte Mason's inclusion of art and music in her essential curriculum. How has our cultural and educational background prejudiced us to favor core subjects over "fine arts" and how did Ms. Mason view these subjects. Further, how are these subjects included and implemented in the week's feast--especially if the mother is unfamiliar or even fearful of tackling this unknown territory? Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "We cannot measure the influence that one or another artist has upon the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at even a single picture." (Vol. 1, p. 309) "They are never copied lest an attempt to copy should lessen a child's reverence for great work." (Vol. 6, p. 216) "A great promise has been given to the world––that its teachers shall not any more be removed. There are always those present with us whom God whispers in the ear, through whom He sends a direct message to the rest. Among these messengers are the great painters who interpret to us some of the meanings of life. To read their messages aright is a thing due from us. But this, like other good gifts, does not come by nature. It is the reward of humble, patient study." (Vol. 4, p. 102) "As in a worthy book we leave the author to tell his own tale, so do we trust a picture to tell its tale through the medium the artist gave it." (Vol. 6, p. 216) "[F]or though every child cannot be a great performer, all may be taught an intelligent appreciation of the beauties of music, and it is a wicked shame to clang the doors of music, and therefore of endless channels of delight and inspiration, in a child's face, because we say he has "no ear," when perhaps his ear has never been trained, or because he never will be able to "play."" (Miss Pennethorne's PR Article) "Hearing should tell us a great many interesting things, but the great and perfect joy which we owe to him is Music." (Vol. 4, Book I, pp. 30-31) "Use every chance you get of hearing music (I do not mean only tunes, though these are very nice), and ask whose music has been played, and, by degrees, you will find out that one composer has one sort of thing to say to you, and another speaks other things; these messages of the musicians cannot be put into words, so there is no way of hearing them if we do not train our ear to listen." (Vol. 4, p. 31) "Many great men have put their beautiful thoughts, not into books, or pictures, or buildings, but into musical score, to be sung with the voice or played on instruments, and so full are these musical compositions of the minds of their makers, that people who care for music can always tell who has composed the music they hear, even if they have never heard the particular movement before." (Vol. 4, p. 31) If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy. Home Education, Part V, Chapter XXI School Education, p. 239 Towards a Philosophy of Education, Book I, Chapter X, Section II: f Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, Marguerite Henry Stories of Favorite Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla More Stories of Favorite Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla Stories of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla The Ring and the Fire, Clyde Robert Bulla I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Opal Wheeler's Composer Biographies Millet Tilled the Soil, Sybil Deucher Art for Children series by Ernest Raboff Elizabeth Ripley's Artist Biographies Spiritual Lives of Great Composers, Patrick Kavanaugh I, Vivaldi, Janice Shefelman (Contains affiliate links) Emily's Picture Study Portfolios Riverbend Press Artist Prints

Dr. Kavanaugh is the author of several books that deal with faith and the arts, such as “Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers”. As a composer himself, he has a fascinating specialty that expands the musical language as most folks know it. Dr. Kavanaugh came to music relatively late, and his first exposure to the world of classical music will really surprise you! In addition to his books and compositions, Dr. Kavanaugh is the founder and artistic director of the Masterworks Festival, an intensive four-week summer festival for advanced and passionate students of the classical performing arts with a Christian perspective. In this interview, we explore the question of "why" we make music, and the special role that faith can play in an artist's life. Links The Masterworks Festival https://masterworksfestival.org/  Christian Performing Arts Fellowship http://www.christianperformingart.org/