Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his seventh symphony during World War II, inspired by the Siege of Len... ...ly managed to play all the way through the entire symphony once before the public performance on August 9, 1... ...You can hear a recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony...
http://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/03/Shostakovichs-Symphony-Played-by-a-Starving-Orchestra/
You would expect an article about cowbells at Modern Farmer to explain how farmers use bells to keep track of cows. And that it does, but that's just the beginning. The cowbell went from purely livestock use to a musical...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/08/More-Cowbell-How-the-Bovine-Bell-Became-a-Musical-Instrument/
Fantasia SymphonyAre you a huge fan of the 1940's animated film Fantas... ...film Fantasia? You are going to love the Fantasia Symphony collectible figurine from the NeatoShop. This hig...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/26/Fantasia-Symphony/
Have you ever watched a symphony orchestra being led by a conductor and thought, "...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/29/Do-Orchestras-Really-Need-Conductors/
American music critic Alex Ross recently presented... ...essed the etiquette of applauding (or not) during symphony concerts. “In the eighteenth century listeners...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/20/the-changing-etiquette-of-applauding-during-concerts/(YouTube Link) Darth Vader did not approve of... ...not approve of how the conductor of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra was leading a performance of The Imperi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/30/darth-vader-conducting-an-orchestras-performing-the-imperial-march/
RTOOT stands for Really Terrible Orchestra Of the... ...inning in May 2008, we have grown into a 75-piece symphony orchestra worthy of its role as one of the premie...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/21/rtoot/
