The early music group “Scholares Minores pro Musica Antiqua”, the choir “Szczygielki” (which means Goldfinches), the chamber string orchestra called “KOS” and many other musical groups formed later, are children’s music ensembles, established in 1975 in Poniatowa (near Lublin), Poland. and still directed by a married couple of musicologists, Witold and Danuta Danielewicz, which have […]
Pavane
The Pavane is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century. The pavane, the earliest-known music for which was published in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci, in Joan Ambrosio Dalza’s Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto in 1508, is a sedate and dignified couple dance, similar to the 15th-century basse danse. The music which […]
Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Remember (Walking in the Sand)“, also known as “Remember“, is a song written by George ‘Shadow’ Morton. It originally was recorded by the Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964. Morton was looking to break into the music business, and went to the Brill Building in New York City to see […]
Train Kept A-Rollin’
“Train Kept A-Rollin’” (or “The Train Kept A-Rollin’“) is a song first recorded by American jazz and rhythm and blues musician Tiny Bradshaw in 1951. Originally performed in the style of a jump blues (which uses a boogie-woogie bass line and a shuffle rhythm), Bradshaw borrowed lyrics from an earlier song and set them to […]
Mari Samuelsen
Mari Silje Samuelsen is a Norwegian violinist. She is the sister of cellist Håkon Samuelsen, with whom she often performs throughout Norway and Europe. Samuelsen grew up in Hamar, and began playing violin at age three at a local music school outside the city. By age four, she became a student of violinist Arve Tellefsen, […]
Flowers
“Flowers” is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, taken from her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023). Columbia Records released it as the album’s lead single in January 2023 worldwide. Cyrus wrote “Flowers” with Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack, while Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson handled the production. A pop song with […]
Là ci darem la mano
“Là ci darem la mano” (Italian for “There we will give each other our hands”) is a duet for the characters Don Giovanni (baritone) and Zerlina(soprano) in Mozart’s 1787 opera Don Giovanni (act 1, scene 9). The duet, with words by Lorenzo Da Ponte, is sung during the first act of the opera. Don Giovanni […]
We Will Rock You
“We Will Rock You” is a song by the British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World, written by guitarist Brian May. Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004, and it placed at number 146 on the Songs of the Century list […]
Funiculì, Funiculà
Funiculì, Funiculà is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year. The sheet music was published by Rocordi and sold […]
Oum
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui, better known as Oum, from Casablanca, Morocco, is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Oum, who grew up in Marrakech, is inspired by Hassani poetry (Moroccan desert culture) and African rhythms. She interprets her lyrics in Moroccan Arabic (Darija), French, English and Spanish. At the young age of fourteen, Oum […]