Tag: Ravel

Classical Crash Course, part six: Like if You Cry Everytime

by audebo

If you’re sick of French people, you should stop reading this right now. Because French people have been important to classical music, and I’m going to be talking about them a lot. French people are, by nature, sad. And that plays into a) classical music in general and b) what I’m going to talk about … Continue reading Classical Crash Course, part six: Like if You Cry Everytime

Classical Crash Course, part five: Things Get Weird (aka Impressionism)

by audebo

Humans are rebels by nature. If they weren’t, then teenagers wouldn’t come home with piercings in odd places and America would still belong to Britain. Also, if we weren’t such rebels, we wouldn’t have music. At least, we wouldn’t have the incredible diversity of music that we have today. When you think of rebellion as … Continue reading Classical Crash Course, part five: Things Get Weird (aka Impressionism)