Beethovenâs orchestral works include some of the most iconic pieces of music ever written. Veteran music critic David Hurwitz surveys all of the symphonies, overtures, concertos, theatrical music, his single ballet and other music for...
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) has to be the most rewarding, expressive, and entertaining of all the composers whose work fell into obscurity in the years following his death. He was overshadowed both by the rediscovery of his father, Johann Sebast...
A New York freelance percussionist/Classical Internet awards founder identifies themes of some 90 works of Dvor k (1841- 1904), going beyond the familiar. Hurwitz includes a timeline of Dvor k's compositions in the context of contemporaneous musical...
(Unlocking the Masters). No composer has ever achieved the amazing progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it today, became "the Father of the Symphony," and founded the greatest school in the history of...