The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first known instance of a composer ordering up plucking violins came just three years later. To musician and NPR cultural commentator Miles Hoffman, ...
Listening to Quartets for Plucked Strings without knowing its backstory poses no obstacle. The music invites you to follow your imagination. Sean Ali, best known as a bassist, composer, and improviser ...
The single-stringed instrument is an important musical instrument used by the Jing ethnic group in ceremonies praying for blessings from the sea. The Jing people is China's only "maritime ethnic group ...
Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first known instance of a composer ordering up plucking violins came just three years later. To musician and NPR cultural commentator Miles Hoffman, ...