Gumbo Stew according to Wikipedia “The dish combines ingredients and culinary practices of several cultures, including French, Spanish, German, Filipino, West African, and Choctaw. Gumbo may have been based on traditional West African or native dishes or may be a derivation of the French dish bouillabaisse, or Choctaw stew, but most likely all three dishes contributed
In the “War of the Romantics, “where do you stand? In Austria and Germany and most of Europe during Beethoven, Brahms, and Wagner’s time, there were no political parties. The American and French Revolutions had not impacted all. Musical conservatives and liberals, however, did take sides. Composer Richard Strauss’s father was a famous musician of
“Maria” from Westside Story by Bernstein, the “Prelude to Tristan and Isolde” by Wagner and Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” all feature a musical interval that can stir emotions and the catholic church tried to ban. An interval is a distance between any two notes. These two musical notes have become known as the “Devils Interval”. This
Tonight, I had a private student come back for lessons after not taking lessons for a couple of months during the summer. I asked this student how school orchestra was going. They did not tell me how much fun it was or how much they loved the people in their section or how great the
Baroque Battles October 3, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Rockhurst High School – Rose Theatre 9301 State Line Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114 Concert Program Don Quixote Suite, Telemann Irish Tune (Danny Boy), Grainger Battalia, Biber Sabre Dance, Khachaturian What’s Going On, Gaye Concert Program Notes Overture and Burlesque of Don Quixote G.F. Telemann 1681-1767 Cervantes book
Only a few years into my high school orchestra teaching career I was having some conflict with some of my more advanced players. This was rather disturbing since I was a pretty young teacher and a lowly bass player. Did I not know something about string technique? The problem was related to the bow. After
Hungarian Dance No. 5 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Brahms as young man toured as pianist with a Hungarian violinist. This is where he became acquainted with this style of music. These Hungarian Dances are a mixture of original and borrowed folk melodies. They are originally for Piano 4 hands. Meaning two people at one keyboard. With
The Symphony versus programmatic music. The word symphony has a number of meanings. You can go to the symphony, see and hear a symphony orchestra but not hear a symphony. The Symphony Orchestra is commonly thought as an orchestra with instrumental groups of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. We think of the BSO, the Boston
Mozart, Vivaldi, and Hendrix are considered music stars from their time period. All three were considered virtuosos, revolutionary performers, and composers. The term Rock Star is a 20th-century notion. In the time of Vivaldi and Mozart, wealthy popular musicians did not really exist. The modern media and the free market aided Jimi Hendrix in a
The Westwood Ensemble Piano and String Concert has a varied mix of composers. A baroque masterwork, two great Romantics, a mid-20th-century composer and living composer are featured. Joe Green (Giuseppe Verdi) starts our program with the Prelude to the opera La Traviata. “The Fallen Woman” is the translation of the title and story is based