A Minute with Miles

Music can give meaning to time.

“I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called the negro melodies..."

When “classical” public radio stations surveyed their audiences some years back, the most common answer to the question, “Why do you listen to classical music,” was, “Because it’s soothing.”

It’s often - not always, but often - interesting to read what composers have written about composing—especially if they’re good writers.

Are you one of those classical music lovers who apologizes for not knowing enough?

Partita is a synonym for “suite,” and the Baroque suite, which is to say the suite in the time of Bach, consists of a set of dance movements.

"Music…embraces at once the real and the ideal…"

Stradivarius is the Latinized last name of Antonio Stradivari, often regarded as history’s greatest violin maker.

Staccato is the Italian word for “separated,” or “detached.” Staccato notes are notes that are not sustained for their full rhythmic value: they come to a short stop, which separates them from notes that follow.

Though the songs of the song cycle are all individual entities, they’re designed to be heard together.