The Guarneri String Quartet (photo by Erwin Fischer) and Charles Avsharian

Topics: Education, Bach, Mozart, Arnold Steinhardt

Over the years I have purchased sheet music, borrowed violin sheet music from the library, and given away scores upon scores (pun intended) of other pieces of violin sheet music. But of all the pieces that have been given and taken away, I have found that the following five books will stay with me.

Topics: Violin, Beethoven, Sheet Music, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Kreisler

 Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam...

Topics: Mozart, Music History, Gregorian Chant

Topics: Mozart, Classical Music, Music History, Strings, Tchaikovsky

I'm not sure if you all follow Alex Ross's music blog The Rest Is Noise but today I came across a post that has my brain in a tailspin. In a good way.

Ross's post is titled "The Appoggiatura Imbroglio", and whatever the words "appoggiatura" and "imbroglio" mean alone or together, the post is about Grammy-winner Adele and her song"Someone Like You". Apparently, the song makes EVERYONE cry. To help explain why, The Wall Street Journal featured an article on the science behind songs that make us cry. Here's what the article, "Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker", by Michaeleen Doucleff, says:

Topics: Violin, Mozart, Music History