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I love Brahms with all my heart.

The fact that Brahms would just carry around penny candy to give to children is fucking adorable. Like obvs keep in mind that such things in that time period weren’t creepy as fuck as they are now. It’s so fucking cute. And he was so sarcastic and brusque with adults and generally sucked at making friends im just??? Let me be ur friend Brahms. And he would take walks in the woods often and was inspired by nature I mean he’s great. And in the later part of his career he had like a ton of money but still lived modestly and would give it away to promising students and friends but it was all very secret he didn’t want anyone to know he was helping them out. Like. That’s adorable. How can you not like Brahms.

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The Rose, 1872 by Giacomo di Chirico (Italian, 1844–1883)

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when you practiced the mozart but your teacher wants to hear the rachmaninoff

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Puddles teaching Betty White to play the piano. 1960. Check this blog!

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Sometimes I wonder what I am doing and how I got here and then I draw a banana flinging itself at a wardrobe and I’m 8 times more confused than I was when I began thinking

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me: i played a b flat instead of a b and everyone heard

brain: scream

me: why

brain: ya gotta

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this is the stock photo cello man

here he is playing his cello

he has extremely bad posture

no, cello man. that is not any better

hoe dont stand up!

what are you doing?!

GODDAMN IT THAT’S NOT EVEN THE RIGHT INSTRUMENT

PLS STOP

NOOO THAT’S EVEN WORSE

I STILL KNOW IT’S YOU

THIS IS NOT IMPROVING YOUR POSTURE

DON’T YOU USE THAT ATTITUDE WITH ME MISTER

THIS ISN’T HELPING YOUR SITUATION YOUNG MAN

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

THIS IS NOT THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE AN INSTRUMENT AHHH–

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Levels Of Musical Hell

1: Sinking stands.

2: Sight reading.

3: Counterpoint.

4: All the practice rooms are taken.

5: Choir gowns.

6: Music isn't on IMSLP.

7: IPA isn't on IPA Source.

8: Juries.

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AN UPSIDE DOWN TREBLE CLEF WITH 64TH NOTES WTF BACH #DeathByUndergrad #MusicSchoolIsWeird

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I'm resting my back on my piano bench right now. Currently practicing Haydn's last sonata.

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when you finish a paper just before the deadline and have no time to edit

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band director: can I hear you by yourself at bar 12?

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me on the outside vs me on the inside @ any given moment

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"Idk why being a musician is so hard lol you already know how to play your instrument it's not like it's difficult or takes time lol stop being dramatic it's the easiest thing in the world."

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sorry Robert, but she’s mine.

Women Composers Month:  Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann (born Clara Josephine Wieck) – 1819-1896 – German

One of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, as well as composer, wife, mother, and good friend, Clara Schumann is probably one of the most recognized and preserved female composers in history. 

Keep reading

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did you guys know that they have sheet music at the library

and full scores to four-hour long operas

and cds with some of the most amazing symphonies of all time

and biographies of a lot of really cool composers

and instructional books on how to learn nearly any instrument

and pretty much everything else