A Popular hIstory of music from greGorian chant to jazz Explore Origins and Originators No one is certain what the earliest music was like. As a matter of fact, we are not even sure how Bach’s orchestra sounded… Classical Music J.S. Bach, to the few contemporaries who were aware of him at all, was a throwback, a heavily talented supernumerary, and… A Poetic Revolution Unlike classical composers, the romantics were fully conscious of their esthetic attitudes; they themselves… Modern Challengers A large and growing musical public in the first 15 years of the 20th century was being educated in terms of… Vistas Before we take a speculative look at the future, let’s look back at the past. We may conclude that, in general, composers wrote the way they did because… Facebook Youtube Pinterest Twitter Instagram