Welcome to
Classical Music
The Muse Of Music welcomes to to these pages, the place at Electricka's
web site where classical music is explored.
about classical music
Generically, classical refers to Greek and Roman antiquity:
classical literature; classical languages, and the like. That which is
classical in a general sense conforms to ancient Greek and Roman models in
literature or art, or to later systems modeled upon them.
In music, classical has two meanings, neither of which has much to
do with music as practiced by the ancient Greeks and Romans. What does
classical mean?
More
about the missing ensemble, quintet, and music—about
this feature
The ensemble you see at the right is one viola short of a piano quintet.
Two violinists and a cellist are missing. There's one conductor too many and
there's a hole in the middle where the viola belongs!
As with this piano quintet group and with the Schubert quintet you are
now hearing,* pages and music are missing from the rest of this feature.
True, not all the music destined for this feature is audible just yet;
but take heart. Eventually, the missing musicians and pages will fill the
empty chairs, the Muse Of Music's instruments will be manned, and music will
pour forth everywhere.
If you want to know more about musical combinations like quartets and
quintets, stick with The Muse Of Music. Planning for new features that will
explain all sorts of musical groups and music is underway. Groups like raga
ensembles, jazz quartets, and big bands eventually will be covered...and
much, much, more!
*NOTE: You are hearing the last movement from Schubert's superb, elegant, and
towering
Quintet, D.956, played by the Julliard String Quartet, with Bernard
Greenhouse, cello. What's wrong with this picture? Schubert's quintet does not call for a piano;
it's scored for two violins, two cellos, and a viola; and conductors stopped
leading small groups like quartets two centuries ago. Other than that...
Dear me! there's so much to know!
more about these missing pages
Indeed, just as musicians,
instruments, and music are missing from this Classical Music feature, pages
are missing from all over Electricka's web site. Electricka and her cohort
muses would like to add all of them here and now, but, alas, there's just too much
for them to do everywhere they turn.
But please be patient and understanding. To be fair and equitable, The
Muses are not only working to plug holes for The Muse Of Music's Classical
Music feature; they're working to plug holes for all the pages and all the
muses; they're spread thin. Eventually, the missing musicians will fill all
the empty chairs and The Muse Of Music's instruments will all be manned; the
music will pour forth everywhere.
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...Coming.
