TREATISE ON COUNTERPOINT AND FUGUE (Parts 1 to 3) Historical and Technical Analysis of Counterpoint: Definition, Musical Principles, Consonance and Dissonance, Medieval Origins, Notre Dame, and the Renaissance Ideal….

SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS (English) Charles Mackerras was born on November 17, 1925, in Schenectady, New York, to Australian parents; during his early childhood, his family returned to Sydney, where…

COMPLETE WORKS OF FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Op. 1 – Rondo in C minor, for pianoOp. 2 – Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” (Mozart), for piano and orchestraOp. 3…

ALFRED BRENDEL (English) He was born on January 5, 1931, in Wiesenberg, then part of Czechoslovakia, today Loučná nad Desnou, in the Czech Republic. He grew up in a…

SOFIYA GUBAIDULINA (English) Sofiya Gubaidúlina was born on October 24, 1931, in Chistopol, then part of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, today the Russian Federation. She grew up in…

FUSION MUSIC Fusion music is a form of musical creation that integrates different languages, techniques, and traditions within a single work. Its central feature is conscious hybridization, understood as…

MASTER TABLE OF COMPOSERS (From the Renaissance to the 21st Century) PeriodComposerBirth – DeathThree emblematic works RenaissanceGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrinac. 1525 – 1594Missa Papae Marcelli, Sicut cervus, Stabat Mater Orlando di…

MICHEL LEGRAND (English) Michel Legrand was born on February 24, 1932, in Paris, France, into a family closely connected to the musical world. From early childhood, he displayed exceptional…

THE APPROPIATE HEIGHT OF THE PIANO BENCH The analysis of the appropriate height of the piano bench has been a subject of constant reflection since the emergence of the…

GARY GRAFFMAN (English) GARY GRAFFMAN (October 14, 1928 – December 27, 2025) was an American classical pianist, pedagogue, and historically significant music administrator. He was born in New York…