'At least for Haydn and Mozart, a lot of string quartet music is a lot like conversation,' says Resident Lecturer Bruce Adolphe

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Crumb dedicated these songs to his high-school  sweetheart, Elizabeth May Brown, who sang for the work when it premiered. She later became his wife.

Crumb: Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) for Violin and Piano

Artists:
Kristin Lee, violin; Gloria Chien, piano

'It's not a matter of changing key. They're all colors,' explains Resident Lecturer Bruce Adolphe on Niedermeyer School's perspective on the C note.

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What is Romantic music? Resident Lecturer Bruce Adolphe explains.

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Today we bid farewell to the Orion String Quartet. In this Artist Notes video, the quartet discusses their storied career together.

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Ravel is no fool. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Resident Lecturer Bruce Adolphe describes Ravel's early failures.

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