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#ClassicsaDay #Strings Week 1
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #Strings Week 1

The #ClassicsaDay challenge for this month is to post examples of string orchestra works. No brass, winds, or percussion allowed!

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalQuartet Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalQuartet Week 2

April is the fourth month of the year. And so the Classics a Day team decided to make it quartet month. This April the challenge is to post classical works that require four musicians. String quartets are the most common grouping of four -- but there are others.

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#Classicsaday #PrideMonth Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#Classicsaday #PrideMonth Week 2

For the month of June, Classics a Day celebrates Pride Month. And the challenge is to post works from classical composers who self-identified as other than heteronormative.

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#ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 1
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 1

What does the title "symphony" mean? Can a composition be a symphony in everything but name? Or could a work titled "symphony" be a different type of composition in disguise?

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#ClassicsaDay #Classical1921
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #Classical1921

What better way to celebrate a new year than with a look back? In this case, the Classics a Day team decided to go back 100 years. For January 2021 the challenge is to post works that were completed in or recordings released in 1921.

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