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#ClassicsaDay #NorthAmClassics Week 5, 2024
The #ClassicsaDay challenge for July is to post music by Canadian and American composers. Both countries have created their own forms of classical music, independent of Europe's.
#ClassicaDay #ClassicalQuartet Week 4
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.
WorldView Episode 05: Joan Tower
Joan Tower scores a hit with Strike Zones
These works were more than just an exhibition of beats. Tower uses her solo instruments percussively. But she also uses them expressively.
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