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Origins of Famous Patriotic Songs

What Are the Origins of Famous Patriotic Songs? The popular patriotic tunes of today had some very interesting beginnings. You may know the lyrics to these popular patriotic tune[...]

Composers Corner - Patriotic Music in America

While all patriotic and national music is to a greater or less extent popular music, it may be classed apart in that its growth mainly is due to the circumstance of war and is the [...]

Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did

Classical piano pieces by such composers as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin likely sounded much different when the masters first performed those works than they do today. Pianos thems[...]

June Sheet Music

Enjoy music from our featured composer and some music to ring in summertime! Also Sprach Zarathustra - Intro Breit Uber Mein Haupt Dein Schwarzes Haar Summertime - George Gersh[...]

Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra / 2001 Space Odyssey opening theme

Life Strauss’s father, Franz, was the principal horn player of the Munich Court Orchestra and was recognized as Germany’s leading virtuoso of the instrument. His mother came fro[...]

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Composer's Corner: Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of classical music particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. He was also a noted conductor. He [...]

Featured Piano: Mason & Hamlin AA Grand Piano

This 6'2" Mason & Hamlin offers some competition to the Steinway Long A, and features the signature dark, mellow tone that has made Mason & Hamlin the piano of choice for m[...]

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Composer's Corner: Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany, on May 22, 1813. He was the ninth son of Carl Friedrich Wagner and Johanna Rosine. Richard's father died of typhus six months after his[...]