Discovery Orchestra Chat 26 – Did You Say Flamenco?
Maestro Maull and guitarist John Carlini investigate one of the musical aspects that makes “Spanish guitar” sound the way it does.
Timbre
The Good News
In 1960, when I left St. Peter’s Choir School in Philadelphia and entered the local public school. . .Abraham Lincoln High School, populated by some 5,000 students grades eight through…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 10 – Name that Timbre
Timbre is the sound source in music – violin, piccolo, trombone etc. Learn more in this Chat!
What is Maullaria?
The term “Maullaria” was coined by a young student of mine in the early 1980s who had a T-Shirt made which stated: “I have Maullaria.” Amused, years later I decided…
Opening Chord
When people talk or write about classical music they often resort to very descriptive, flowery adjective-filled prose. And we perhaps can get from this a sense of how a given…
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I just listened to the first episode of this (Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony) and can’t believe how fortunate I was to run across this on Prime. I have heard Maull lecture many times before performances and now here he is right on my computer screen and with the clearest of visual aids. I promise if you listen to one of these you will understand a piece as never before. And, I have discovered from past experiences with his lectures that I always listen to any given piece with a greater connection. These “home” viewings of Maull’s lectures are such a gift! Highly recommended.