Witold Lutosławski and the Taming of Chance

Witold Lutosławski and the Taming of Chance

Tuning: An Introduction

Tuning: An Introduction

Samuel Barber: “Hounded by Success” (with Howard Pollack)

Samuel Barber: “Hounded by Success” (with Howard Pollack)

The Fractal Music of Charles Wuorinen

The Fractal Music of Charles Wuorinen

The Woman Whose Millions Shaped 20th-Century Music | The Patronage of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

The Woman Whose Millions Shaped 20th-Century Music | The Patronage of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

"The Dean of Afro-American Composers:" William Grant Still’s Life and Work (with Celeste Headlee)

Marian Anderson: “Once in a Hundred Years”

Marian Anderson: “Once in a Hundred Years”

Musical Americana: Stephen Foster, Minstrelsy, and the Birth of Popular Music

Musical Americana: Stephen Foster, Minstrelsy, and the Birth of Popular Music

Charles Ives: The Eternal Maverick

Charles Ives: The Eternal Maverick

Brandeis is trying to kill their music PhDs, and why you should care.

Brandeis is trying to kill their music PhDs, and why you should care.

The Diatonic Scale is Unique, and Here's Why

The Diatonic Scale is Unique, and Here's Why

The Enigmatic Edward Elgar

The Enigmatic Edward Elgar

Robert Carl on Postmodernism, Spectralism, Studying with Xenakis, and More

Robert Carl on Postmodernism, Spectralism, Studying with Xenakis, and More

How We (Don’t) Talk About Music: Cross-Domain Mapping

How We (Don’t) Talk About Music: Cross-Domain Mapping

How Arvo Pärt Tintinnabulates

How Arvo Pärt Tintinnabulates

Schumann’s Diminished Ninth

Schumann’s Diminished Ninth

Write More Parallel Fifths

Write More Parallel Fifths

Franz Liszt: Titan of the Piano

Franz Liszt: Titan of the Piano

The Tune That Defined a Nation | The Evolution of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

The Tune That Defined a Nation | The Evolution of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

The Sonata: An Introduction

The Sonata: An Introduction

I Tried John Cage’s Weird Mushroom Recipes

I Tried John Cage’s Weird Mushroom Recipes

Spectralism: An Introduction

Spectralism: An Introduction

Luciano Berio’s Postmodern Paths

Luciano Berio’s Postmodern Paths

Why Do Composers Write Silent Pieces?

Why Do Composers Write Silent Pieces?

The Theremin Cello [with Dr. Jonathan Golove]

The Theremin Cello [with Dr. Jonathan Golove]

Theremin: The Wild History of the Weirdest Instrument

Theremin: The Wild History of the Weirdest Instrument

Milton Babbitt’s Musical Tetris

Milton Babbitt’s Musical Tetris

Augmented Sixths: The Chords that Broke Theory

Augmented Sixths: The Chords that Broke Theory

A Complete Guide to New Complexity and its Core Composers

A Complete Guide to New Complexity and its Core Composers

International Man of Mysticism: The Life and Works of Alan Hovhaness

International Man of Mysticism: The Life and Works of Alan Hovhaness