Montage of great classical music composers - from left to right: first row - Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händ...

Johann Sebastian Bach (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Music in XVIII century (1600-1825) There were two times in this century. The fi...

The origins of music on the Italian Peninsula have been discovered back to the music of Ancient Rome. However, the foundations of practical...

Medieval and Renaissance Europe While musical life in Europe was undoubtedly rich in the early Medieval era, as attested by artistic de...

Now and then, people ask me for advice on where to begin with the daunting world of classical music recordings. They've heard bits here...

The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, often incorrectly described as a daguerreotype Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Music in X...

Music in XVIII century (1600-1825) There were two times in this century. The first era was called the baroque era . This era was around 16...

The development of the classical music in the world is surely affected by the development of Western music. The development of Western musi...

Beethoven in 1818 by August Klöber  (Photo credit:  Wikipedia ) Beethoven's Early Life Beethoven was born in Germany. His family...

Classical music of the common practice era is divided into 3 main periods, that each have distinct styles and forms. While there is a littl...