Hello friends and fellow music history enthusiasts.  This is the last lesson in our tour of Western music. It's been quite the journey. But before getting on...

Hello friends and welcome back to the penultimate lesson of this whirlwind tour of Western music. I left you thinking about the polymaths Richard Wagner and ...

Hello music history enthusiasts and welcome back.  I left you listening to the haunting Op.27 No. 1 Nocturne of Chopin and perhaps reflecting on his torturou...

Welcome back dear music history enthusiasts (and welcome any of you who have decided to jump in at Lesson 7). This lesson looks at two 19th century musical g...

Hello dear friends and fellow music lovers.  When I last saw you we had been listening to Beethoven and thinking about melody and harmony in musical composit...

Hello and welcome to Lesson 5 of A Complete - or slightly incomplete! - History of Music.    We were looking last time at the life and work of Wolfgang Amade...

Hello music lovers and welcome to Lesson 4 of this whirlwind tour of Western Music. I am beginning to think it is notable for all that I haven't managed to c...

Welcome to Lesson 3 of our whirlwind tour of music history! If you have come back, I'm very pleased. If you are just starting here, you may wish to read the ...

A Complete History of Music in 10 Lessons: 2 Hello again and welcome back! If you're joining for the first time, Lesson 1 is a quick read and may make Lesson...