How Maria Theresia von Paradis overcame the odds after losing her eyesight to become a musician and composer in 1700's Vienna. And how her lost works haven't stopped her from…
Ruth Crawford Seeger was one of a group of American composers known as "ultramoderns" who wrote works during the 1920s and 1930s. Her distinctive style was once referred to as…
Who would win the award for "best classical composer" is debatable, but there's no denying that Ludwig van Beethoven would win the "most famous" award (along with Mozart). His name…
Gioachino Rossini is a name well-known in opera circles. Although the Italian composer did write many songs, chamber works, and piano pieces, his 39 operas are what propelled him to…
If you haven't heard of the composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, there's a very good reason. Despite writing numerous operas, orchestral works, pieces for ensembles, and songs, most of his music is…
Mozart wrote 41 symphonies (according to original numbering) and some are arguably better than others. Number 41, nicknamed the "Jupiter Symphony", is rated by many critics as among the greatest…
Like many modern composers, Marjan Mozetich isn't exactly a household name, particularly in the US. However, he is certainly a composer of the 20th and 21st century who has been…
Our next installment of Musician Spotlight focuses on one of our members who shares a name with a very famous composer - John Williams. John is a member of our…
Like many people, I love listening to music. I enjoy music from many different genres - alternative, rock, jazz, pop, EDM, hip hop, new wave, instrumental...you name it. And certainly…
Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride is by far one of the most well-known and frequently played Christmas songs, having been named "most popular" by ASCAP in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and…