John Adams reviews “Schoenberg: Why He Matters,” in which Harvey Sachs explores the artistic, academic and spiritual life of a 20th-century cultural giant. Egon Schiele’s portrait of Schoenberg, 1917.

Most discussion of the most influential band of the 20th Century starts with the Beatles, but Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan offered an interesting suggestion as the runner-up while taping an ...

Nancy Galbraith has been publishing her orchestral musical compositions since 1979. But even four-plus decades is a drop in the bucket, compared to the centuries’ worth of classical music written over ...

Mostly Modern Festival (MMF) will return to Saratoga Springs for its Sixth Season from June 5-20, 2025, at the Arthur Zankel Music Center on the campus of Skidmore College. Co-founded by ...

The 1970s were an important era in the evolution of modern-day music. But there was one particular “genre” of music from that time period that inevitably influenced how music sounds today. And I’ll ...

An introduction to the fundamental materials of a variety of music, including Western concert music, jazz, and popular music. Course activities center around interrelated theoretical, compositional, ...

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