“as long as writers write long and complicated novels, composers are going to write in the symphonic forms, because they give an opportu

“The bustle of city streets in daytime and the mystery of empty streets in nighttime emerge from Schuman’s scores.” — Nicholas Tawa Due...

Youngest of the “Boston 6”, Horatio Parker was born 1863 in Auburndale, MA, a rural area at the time, now subsumed by the Boston city limits

Let’s begin with a ridiculous understatement: Alan Hovhaness was a prolific composer. Yeah, no kidding.

When someone titles their autobiography “Bad Boy of Music” that’s got to be a character worth investigating, right!?

The night is not all dark, Nor is the day all it seems, But each may bring me this relief— My dreams and dreams. — Paul Laurence...

“The contradictions with which Still struggled shaped his remarkable creative output in ways we need to understand, as much today as...

Another of the Boston 6, George Whitefield Chadwick spent most of his life in Boston, and kept a strong European tradition with him.

Possibly in an effort to puff up his legacy, Arthur Foote is described as the first American composer with a purely American education. I...

Having already covered two of the Boston Six—John Knowles Paine and Amy Beach—this week I will continue with three more: Edward...

"At thirteen, she wanted it all." Some people grow up fast. They have an awareness of themselves that is more keen than normal at an...

“Writing long-haired music is not a way to make a living...” - Walter Piston If you have ever had life kick you in the teeth, you...

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” - Dolly Parton It is difficult to be first in something. We tend...

Much like Franz Schubert and Lili Boulanger, another composer gone too soon, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, died at the age of...

Paraphrasing a famous quote of Schumann praising the talents of an up and coming Chopin, one Arthur Farwell said of Roy Harris...

Dvorak (in 1892): “I am afraid the ladies cannot help us much. They have not the creative power.” Amy Beach: Hold my cocktail. Though her...

Henry Cowell is a unique study on the effect of incarceration on artistic production.

William Henry Fry (1813-1864) has a lot of “firsts” associated with his music, especially his Santa Claus Symphony, composed in 1853.