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Influential People: Franz Schubert

May 24, 2016May 23, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Truly in Schubert there is the divine spark. Ludwig van Beethoven His influence is interesting, and we’re not really going to be discussing his influence as much as his potential influence, or something. This article that I scanned quickly asks … Continue reading Influential People: Franz Schubert

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Influential People: Claude Debussy

February 17, 2016February 9, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Claude-Achille Debussy, one of the most notable names in Impressionist music, a term he apparently despised. He was born in 1862, and along with Ravel, his fellow countryman and composer, became outstandingly famous for music of incredibly inventive orchestrations, suggestive of imagery and … Continue reading Influential People: Claude Debussy

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Influential People: Anton Arensky

November 3, 2015October 31, 2015 Fugue for Thought

So this article comes along far more because of who the man taught than any other influence his compositions had. We’ve talked about Anton Arensky only once before, with regards to his piano concerto. It was a work unabashedly modeled after … Continue reading Influential People: Anton Arensky

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Influential People: Nadia Boulanger

August 18, 2014January 1, 2016 Fugue for Thought

Ms. Boulanger with Igor Stravinsky I have a fascination with charts, like the “six degrees of separation” type charts that resemble family trees or mind mapping graphs. I even laid a few out years ago, to see, interestingly, who is … Continue reading Influential People: Nadia Boulanger

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