Mediatheque Stories tagged #MusicHistory
A Church Service in Music: The Mass
A short history of musical settings of the Mass. #MusicHistory #Explained
Female Voices
Twelve women composers worth knowing #Portrait #MusicHistory
Not So New at All Any More
Contemporary classical music: a short history of the sound of the 20th century #ContemporaryMusic #MusicHistory #Explained
New Sounds on Old Instruments
The (re-)discovery of Early music #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
»Music has to do with emotions!«
A portrait of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
Stockhausen: Always Flying high
Portrait of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
Iannis Xenakis: Architect of Sound
Resounding walls and audible spaces: in the work of Iannis Xenakis, music and architecture merge. #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
György Ligeti: A Love of Games
The Hungarian composer pulled off a rare feat in his music. #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
The Harpsichord
Everything you need to know about this venerable instrument – and about a beautiful one from Hamburg #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory
The Big Beethoven ABC
To mark the composer’s 250th birthday: Ludwig van Beethoven from A to Z. #MusicHistory #Beethoven
: Video-Portrait: Thomas Adès
Zeitgenössische klassische Musik, die Menschen erreicht – die gibt es! Ein Portrait über den britischen Komponisten Thomas Adès. #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
Lisa Streich: What she wants to hear
The swedish composer has shimmering, crystalline sounds in mind for the Elbphilharmonie. Thanks to a composition prize, she now has the chance to realise her ideas. #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
The whole world in music
How different cultures find one another: a short history of world music. #World #MusicHistory
György Kurtág: Every note in the right place
Late fame through polished and radically reduced music: About the composer György Kurtág. #ContemporaryMusic #Portrait #MusicHistory
The Art of Alteration
Beethoven's 33 »Diabelli Variations« and the new reading by Hans Zender. #MusicHistory
Handel's Secret
Even in his own lifetime, Handel was feted like a pop star. What was the composer's secret? #Portrait #MusicHistory
Unusual Stories from the Laeiszhalle
Ten of the most entertaining stories about Hamburg's venerable concert hall. #Laeiszhalle #MusicHistory
Elbphilharmonie explains: The theorbo
How the oversized lute came to dominate Renaissance stages. #EarlyMusic #MusicHistory #Explained
Music for Organ: Top 7
Strange, sacred, intoxicating: These pieces wrote organ history. #Organ #MusicHistory
»Believe« and music
It is only belief that makes us human. #MusicHistory