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Tag: composers
Why Are There No Saxophones in Orchestras?
A quick historical deep dive on the journey of the saxophone from French military pride to jazz band spotlight, but never the symphonic orchestra.
What We Learned from ‘Composers or Types of Pasta’
Thanks to a hilarious internet quiz, we’ve discovered works from 8 spectacular Italian composers that we definitely thought were types of pasta.
Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann: The Inspiring Composers Music History Missed
Editor’s Note: The conspicuous absence of women from the historical canon of great classical composers…
On Sofia Gubaidulina, the Once-Blacklisted 86-Year-Old Composer Who’s Still Working
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A Beginner’s Guide to Morton Feldman — an Intimate Encounter with Sound
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Orchestral Works for Children’s Education: Britten, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns
Inventive, exciting music plus an educational angle? Now that’s a Soundfly super combo! Here’s a topic we’ve…
Scarlatti and Rossini Prove That Cat-Inspired Composing Is Hundreds of Years Old
We’ve written on cats in classical music before, so this should come as no surprise…
Sibelius, That High-Functioning Drunkard
The notion that partying is somehow intrinsically linked with the culture surrounding musicians is unfortunately…
Mirah on the Sound of 50,000 Decisions and ‘Total Collaboration’
Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of…