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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 5, 2024
Right from the beginning the traditional music of the native population influenced the classical composers. As a result, Mexican classical music has become a natural expression of the national character.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 4, 2024
Mexico has a long classical music tradition, extending back to the late 1500s. Composers emigrated from Spain to supply the great Mexican cathedrals with music. Within a generation, native-born composers assumed those roles.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 3, 2024
Right from the beginning the traditional music of the native population influenced the classical composers. As a result, Mexican classical music has become a natural expression of the national character.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 2 2024
The Classics a Day team realizes that Cinco de Mayo is more of an American than a Mexican holiday. But it is an opportunity to celebrate Mexican culture. And so, the challenge for May is to post examples of Mexican classical music on your social media platforms.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 1 2024
The Classics a Day team realizes that Cinco de Mayo is more of an American than a Mexican holiday. But it is an opportunity to celebrate Mexican culture. And so, the challenge for May is to post examples of Mexican classical music on your social media platforms.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 4
The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works. Although most of my posts are PDQ Bach, an equal number aren't.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 3
But Schickle wsn't the first composer to have some fun with "serious" music. The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works.
#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 2
Peter Schickle wsn't the first composer to have some fun with "serious" music. The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works.
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 4, 2024
What continually surprises me is how much music is yet to be discovered from earlier centuries. And also how much of it was known at the time, but somehow fell into obscurity.
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