There really is so much information about classical music, isn't it? Which, one supposes, is one of the reasons that this area of the arts such a fascinating one. The summer is a great time for outdoor classical events, and we hope you're doing your part to patronize them. We've been doing work of a general nature, starting to build up our list of early music composers, putting together a glossary of musical terms, and so on.
We've completed publishing Camille Saint-Saens' Musical Memories; fascinating reading. We've also just completed James Huneker's very interesting Chopin: The Man and His Music, and Friedrich Kerst's Mozart: The Man and the Artist.
We've also added Henry Edward Krehbiel's A Book of Operas, and are hard at work at editing the same gentleman's How to Listen to Music.
Have an iPod? Thinking of getting one? Then you'll want to read Daniel McAdam's advice concerning Classical Music and the iPod.
We've been listening - on our iPods, primarily - to Haydn recently. It's silly to gush about Haydn; we'd end up sounding like someone saying, "That Einstein was really smart!" Nevertheless, Haydn's genius is sometimes overlooked by the casual listener. Thus, we've added John F. Runciman's Haydn to our site. Runciman, of course, can proclaim Haydn's genius in an entirely acceptable manner...
This is new - now you can visit our classical music store.
Thanks to the folks at Google, you can search our site for specific terms or phrases: