What Does a Song Need to Earn the Label “Epic”?
That’s the question we’re asking, answering, and passing along in Episode 3 of Soundfly’s new podcast, “Themes and Variation.” Check it out!
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Resilience in Music: Composers in Times of Hardship
Composers throughout history have created great masterworks of art during times of hardship, here’s an examination of three such pieces.
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What Is the Hemiola Effect?
You might recognize hemiola as being a foundational polyrhythmic beat of African music, but did you know you can also compose hemiola melodically?
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Sounds of Battle: Compositions That Defined the Wars of the Early 20th Century
In 1942, half-starved and weak from war and lack of supplies, members of Leningrad’s Philharmonic Orchestra gathered in the midst of the looming threat of bombardment to pull off one of the most extraordinary musical feats of all time. The city had already endured almost a year of brutal siege by the German Army —…
