Dmitri Kabalevsky 1: About Dmitri Kabalevsky
By the time Dmitri Kabalevsky was 14, the Russian Revolution had turned his country into a communist state. In spite of the Soviet Union’s control over artists of all kinds, […]
Dmitri Kabalevsky 2: The Comedians Suite
After Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote music for a play called The Inventor and the Comedians, he put selections from that music into a concert suite called The Comedians. Listen to what’s […]
Dmitri Kabalevsky 3: What’s a Galop
The kind of galop that Dmitri Kabalevsky put his suite The Comedians has nothing to do with horses. In fact, it’s not even spelled the same as a horse's gallop. […]
Dmitri Kabalevsky 4: Musical Jokes
Even though classical music is sometimes referred to as “serious music,” a lot of times it just isn’t. Serious, that is — classical composers wrote some very funny music.
Dmitri Kabalevsky 5: Incidental Music
Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
Robert Schumann 1: About Robert Schumann
From the time he was young, Schumann knew that he wanted to write. The only question was, should he write words, or music? Eventually, Schumann became known as a famous […]
Robert Schumann 2: Clara Schumann
Clara Wieck was born in 1819 in the German city of Leipzig. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a piano teacher who decided even before his daughter was born that she […]
Robert Schumann 3: All in the Musical Family
Robert and Clara Schumann were a husband and wife musician/composer team. But theirs was not the only family in which musician were linked by marriage. Others include Dvorak/Suk, Wagner/Liszt, Mozart/Weber, […]
Robert Schumann 4: Music for the Harvest Season
On this week’s Classics for Kids show, music for the harvest – and for fall.
Georges Bizet 5: Firsts for the New Year
A collection of musical firsts, including the first string quartet, the first use of trombones in a symphony, and the first professional musician to make a recording.
