TwoSetViolin react to a violin prodigy from 2 to 4 years old
I could barely talk at that age!
Category: Classical
The racist history of music theory
Screw Heinrich Schenker, Ben Shapiro, and his music theorist dad.
Joseph Bologne, the Black polymath composer
Joseph Bologne may have been a composer, a virtuoso violinist, a conductor, a renowned champion fencer, but he was NOT the Black Mozart!
Black music theorist Philip Ewell calls out racism in music theory
Philip Ewell spoke out against racism in a 2019 paper and found himself on the other end of it when White music theorists responded in a closed publication.
Shrill Evans - MONOLITH
It’s a new moniker for Starchildluke as he releases his fifth #Road2Switch series. No prizes for guessing where the name Shrill Evans comes from. But in case you didn’t know, it’s a lo-fi take on the late piano maestro Bill Evans. And Starchildluke took that inspiration for his new alter-ego on new album, MONOLITH. He …
Review: Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
We reviewed Fink’s Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Happy 151st Birthiversary, Claude Debussy!
Google have crafted a doodle for the 151st anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth so we decided to look at some of his best sampled tracks. France had a rich history in late-Romantic and early 20th century (or impressionist) music, with world renowned composers such as Frédéric Chopin (Polish-born but gaining French citizenship in 1835), Maurice …
Sampleface Five: Classical Music Samples
We look at five great classical music samples from the likes of Slum Village, Nas and Big Pun.