Musicon / Musical education / Cadenzas
Compositions belonging to the category of chamber music, and concertos for solo instruments with orchestral accompaniment, all have individual characteristics conditioned on the expressive capacity of the apparatus. The modern piano is capable of asserting itself against a full orchestra, and ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Sonata – Concerto – Symphony
Symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, as well as the various forms of chamber music, such as trios, quartets, and quintets for strings, or pianoforte and strings, are but different expressions of the idea which is best summed up in the word sonata. What ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Position of the instruments in the orchestra
The disposition of the instruments in our orchestras is largely a matter of individual taste and judgment in the conductor… The relative positions of the harmonious battalions, as a rule, are as shown in the diagram. In the foreground, the violins, violas, and ‘cellos; in the middle ::More
