A Minute with Miles

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

When it comes to the history of the guitar, the only thing that’s certain… is that nothing is certain.

To make an arrangement of a musical composition is to rewrite the composition for a new set of musical forces—to rewrite a wind quintet for string quartet, for example, or to transform a string quartet into a piano trio.

The literal meaning of a capella in Italian is “as in the chapel,” or “in the style of the chapel.” And what has the chapel got to do with it?

Many composers over the years have tried to express in writing what the music of Mozart has meant to them—and to the world.

Muscle strain, tendinitis, nerve damage—all fall in the general category of “overuse” syndromes, and all are unfortunately extremely common among professional musicians.

The composer is the creator, and long after even the most brilliant and famous performers of the moment are forgotten, it’s the music that will remain.

In the long run, the judgment of the public is much more important than that of the critics, and the music that lasts is the music that moves people

“Once again one finds almost the entire piece is pure musical arabesque…"

Although they had similar training and came under many of the same influences, Debussy's and Ravel's musical styles and techniques were really quite different.