Send us a text Description Music After World War I: Art in a Shattered World in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact In 1918, Erik Satie described postwar music as needing “fewer perfumes and more reality.” Many composers shared this sentiment, favoring sharp edges and transparency over lush emotion. Audiences weren’t always thrilled—but history proved these reactions marked the birth of modern music, not its collapse. About Steven, Host Steven is a Canadian composer & a...
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Send us a text Description Music After World War I: Art in a Shattered World in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact In 1918, Erik Satie described postwar music as needing “fewer perfumes and more reality.” Many composers shared this sentiment, favoring sharp edges and transparency over lush emotion. Audiences weren’t always thrilled—but history proved these reactions marked the birth of modern music, not its collapse. About Steven, Host Steven is a Canadian composer & a...
Showtime with Strings Attached: The Romantic Concerto
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Showtime with Strings Attached: The Romantic Concerto
Send us a text Description Showtime with Strings Attached: The Romantic Concerto in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact Franz Liszt’s piano concertos were so demanding that critics sometimes accused him of showing off. He didn’t mind—he once said performing should “transport the listener.” Paganini caused similar uproar: audiences whispered he’d sold his soul to the devil to master the violin. Marketing hype, 19th-century style. About Steven, Host Steven is a Canadian compos...
The Classical Music Minute
Send us a text Description Music After World War I: Art in a Shattered World in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact In 1918, Erik Satie described postwar music as needing “fewer perfumes and more reality.” Many composers shared this sentiment, favoring sharp edges and transparency over lush emotion. Audiences weren’t always thrilled—but history proved these reactions marked the birth of modern music, not its collapse. About Steven, Host Steven is a Canadian composer & a...
