Classical Notes (Orchestra)

by Dr. Richard E. Rodda

Nearly 2,000 program notes
500 + composers
500 audio examples
Huge hypertext musical term glossary
Audio lecture - Listening for Musical Form
Fully indexed for lightning fast location and retrieval
Orchestras of the world with video
Instrument photos and descriptions
Suggested classical music library lists

Classical Notes (Orchestra)

by Dr. Richard E. Rodda

If you love classical music, or even wonder what it’s about, this is the CD-ROM for you. Fun and educational, it includes nearly 2,000 program notes, many with complete vocal text in their original language with English translations. 500 text-audio links let you read about a piece and then hear music examples within that piece to help you understand the subtle intricacies of the world’s timeless masterpieces. It’s an essential reference for concert-goers, music students, and lovers of classical music.

Powerful full-text search instantly locates the topics of interest.

Dr. Rodda’s extensive, hour-long, audio lecture with 17 accompanying charts and music provides insights into the musical forms most commonly found in orchestral music.

Listen to understand musical forms, like Minuet, Trio and Sonata, which are built upon three basic processes: repeat, contrast and variation.

Discover American contemporary composer John Adams, who learned the clarinet from his father and later went on to write many musical works including the celebrated opera, Nixon in China (1 987). Learn about the musical Bach family; in 1 735 at the age of 50, johann Sebastian Bach listed 53 musical Bachs in his family going back to his great-great grandfather. Read with delight the stories of Tchaikovsky’s ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Explore beloved works of Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Strauss and Rachmaninoff. Vivid portraits of over 500 composers will enchant and fascinate music lovers of any age.

A huge, hypertext classical glossary defines hundreds of terms like adagio, allegro, opus, obbligato, and scherzo.

Learn more about the instruments by browsing through a huge picture library and informative text covering scores of instruments. Instruments like the mellophone, vibraphone, sousaphone, fluegelhorn, oboe, bassoon, contra-alto clarinet, piccolo trumpet, cornet, violin, cello, bass, saxophone, trombone, flute, and many drum and percussion instru ments inclu ded

Scores of instruments described and displayed.

Orchestras from around the world! Enrich your knowledge of this great cultural resource through easy-to-read text, exquisite photos, and entertaining video. Familiarize yourself with the world’s greatest conductors and music directors, like Claudio Abbado, Gerd Albrecht, Marin Alsop, Semyon Bychkov, Enrique Diemecke, Christoph von Dohnányi, Skitch Henderson, Raymond Leppard, Jahja Ling, Zubin Mehta, Peter McCoppin, Roger Nierenberg, Clotilde Otranto, Eiji Oue, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Wilkins, Hugh Wolff, and David Zinman. Discover the history, discography, special programs, ticket & seating information and more!

Meet the Maestros! Eiji Oue conducts the Minnesota Orchestra (from the video).

About the Author: Dr. Richard E. Rodda teaches music at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. For nearly twenty years, he has written program notes for many orchestras, festivals, ensembles and organizations around the country, as well as liner notes for leading classical music labels, such as Telarc, Angel, Newport Classics, Delos and Dorian Records. Dr. Rodda is also a regular contributor to Stagebill Magazine. His great love of music and the classics provides invaluable insight into the wonderful world of musical composition.

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