Question Nr. 1
One of the small, but interesting, books by Aristotle is called Questions, consisting only of questions but with no answers provided by Aristotle. In this spiri...
Month: June 2019
Question Nr. 2
The principle purpose of all music, even functional music such as circus music, military music, church music, etc., is to communicate feeling and/or emotion. Wh...
Question Nr. 3
What did Mahler mean when he said, The best part of music is not found in the notation.
Question Nr. 4
Alma Mahler in her book on Memories and Letters of her husband mentions that in May 1902, Mahler arranged a portion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for wind...
Question Nr. 5
The original version of the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 was scored for large wind orchestra. Where is that score?