Musicology for Everyone

Monthly Archives: June 2011

Marches of the Civil War
Civil War music

Marches of the Civil War

It is my plan to publish something related to the Civil War every month until the sesquicentennial of Lincoln’s assassination …Read the Rest

Chestnuts being roasted: Pachelbel’s Canon by PaGAGnini
Uncategorized

Chestnuts being roasted: Pachelbel’s Canon by PaGAGnini

Johann Pachelbel was a fine composer. He wrote lots of music. Why does it seem like the canon from his …Read the Rest

Opera rocks: Jackie Evancho’s new album
American popular music

Opera rocks: Jackie Evancho’s new album

As I was getting ready to leave the gym this morning, the TV news had a story that made me …Read the Rest

South Pacific, by Rodgers and Hammerstein
American popular music

South Pacific, by Rodgers and Hammerstein

South Pacific is the fourth Broadway musical produced by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.  It opened …Read the Rest

The oddest-looking trombones ever, by Adolphe Sax
Trombone and other brass

The oddest-looking trombones ever, by Adolphe Sax

Everyone knows what a trombone looks like. Even modern valve trombones maintain the familiar shape of the slide trombone. In …Read the Rest