Matteo Malafronte

Introduction In this article I will try to introduce you in the most practical way possible to one of the most interpreted forms of the piano repertoire: the Mazurka. Today you can’t talk about Mazurka without talking about F. Chopin: Let’s find out why. Origins Chopin began to write using the form of the Mazurka […]

Introduction Nowadays, we can not deny it, more and more people are approaching Classical Music by searching on Google "Relaxing Classical Music". The purpose is, as you can easily guess, to lie down for a few minutes, enjoy good music, maybe while sipping good tea, snacking, reading a book, running in a park and so

Introduction In this article I would like to give you, in a nutshell, an idea of the deep connections between Romanticism in Literature and Romanticism in Music. I will try to speak to you in a very concrete way and to go to the point of what I consider to be the most essential issues

Introduction As we think of 1770, the year Beethoven was born, the images of some of the protagonists of the history of all times flow in our eyes. The two centuries at the turn of which Beethoven was born represent a stormy moment of transition between radically different ways of seeing the world, which while

Introduction In this article I will try to explain to you, in the most practical way possible, my very personal method of study for piano scales. I'll pretend you don't know anything about this topic, and I'll guide you step by step in the study: you can use the index above to easily navigate through

Introduction In this article I would like to give you a key to study for a first approach to the History of Music. I will try not to fill you with historical notions that you could find anywhere online, and to provide you more than anything else with the coordinates to contextualize this subject in

Introduction The Sonata is among the most debated subjects of Musical Analysis. The most representative monument of this compositional form is certainly the work of L. V. Beethoven, more precisely his 32 Piano Sonatas, composed over a very long period of time: about 27 years. Without continuing along the lines of historical information now available

Introduction Sound represents a complex area of the analysis of a piece of music. In this article, we will take care of defining it and breaking it down into its essential components, exploring them one at a time: Timbre Texture Fabric Dynamics Joint The Stamp Nowadays there is a popularly widespread tendency to consider the

Introduction Compositions that have a small shape such as the Preludes of F. Chopin are comparable to the small stylistic structures of literature: the story is an example of form that concentrates in a very synthetic way all the dynamics of the narrative and allows us to make a faster analysis of what are the

Introduction The Motet is a vocal polyphonic form intended for the liturgical sphere: it is therefore a composition of Sacred Music. We Italians memorize and associate this term with difficulty with a liturgical composition, because the contemporary use of the word motto, especially in the Italian language, is associated mostly with mottos of spirit, therefore