The Conductors’ Baton – The transition from time-keeper to interpreter.
February 13, 2026
Organology – The evolution of the pipe organ as a mechanical marvel.
The Opera Libretto – The marriage of poetic meter and melodic line.
Twelve-Tone Purity – Schoenberg’s liberation of the dissonance.
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The Silence of 4’33” – Cage’s challenge to the definition of music.
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Motivic Economy – How four notes built Beethoven’s Fifth.
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The Golden Ratio – Proportionality in the works of Béla Bartók.
February 7, 2026
The Art of Orchestration – Rimsky-Korsakov’s guide to sonic color.
February 6, 2026
Polytonality’s Logic – The dual-key landscapes of Milhaud and Ives.
February 5, 2026
The Physics of the Bow – How string technology altered the concerto.
February 4, 2026
The Ink-Stained Desk – Examining the sketchbooks of Johannes Brahms.
February 3, 2026
Fin de Siècle Vienna – Mahler, Freud, and the collapse of tonality.
February 2, 2026
