Musicon / Chopin / Chopin – Sensitivity and Revolutions
“Chopin’s music came out of nowhere,” says pianist Byron Janis. “There is nothing that preceded it. He was truly unique. With Beethoven, you can hear it came out of Mozart. Not with Chopin.” Pauline Rovkah, head of the piano program at Chatham University, said ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Romanticism is fluid Classicism
If I were to attempt a definition it would be this: Classical composers are those of the first rank (to this extent we yield to the ancient Roman conception) who have developed music to the highest pitch of perfection on its formal side and, in obedience to generally accepted laws, preferring ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Romanticism is against formalism
As applied to literature Romantic was an adjective affected by certain poets, first in Germany, then in France, who wished to introduce a style of thought and expression different from that of those who followed old models. Intrinsically, of course, the term does not imply any such opposition but ::More
