Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonVLADIMIR USSACHEVSKYAnthropological historians commonly assert that the first radical change in human behaviour came with the emergence of farming in a society…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonTHOMAS TALLISMusic-lovers of today are most likely to associate the name of Thomas Tallis with a composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams. His “Fantasia on…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonMAX REGERWhen J. S. Bach died in Leipzig in 1750, his music fell into obscurity, and was replaced by new music in a new style — a scandalous example…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTThe history of Western music, for those who love tidy compartments, can be divided into six recognizable periods: Mediaeval, Renaissance…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonORLANDE DE LASSUSQuintessentially a man of his time, Lassus was not only the most widely admired composer of the High Renaissance, but also a man who summed…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonZOLTÁN KODÁLYWhen Western European music emerged from the so-called Dark Ages, it spoke with an international voice. No doubt, there were numerous…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonJOSQUINIn the course of history, talent of one kind or another crops up all over the place, nourished by an international culture that ignores…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonJOHN DOWLANDWhen John Dowland, the lutenist and composer, grew up in Elizabethan England, the threat of foreign invasion had been removed by the…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonJOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZThe history of composition, as in many lines of work, is rich with artists who are variously generalists or specialists. The former write…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
Hailey BuckleyinAlphabeticonJ. S. BACHIn all the arts, there are those who work in one medium only, and those who work in several. Of the former, Chopin comes to mind, in music…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
