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legend has it if u turn off all the lights and stand in front of a mirror and say “contrapuntal manipulation” three times, bach will appear in the reflection

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tag yourself as movements in classical music

Medieval: often ignored, shy, secretly gay, likes to stay in the same place all the time, dreams of being a monk

Renaissance: loves to dance, likes fancy things (but not too fancy), nobody else could pick them out in a crowd but everyone is friendly to them

Baroque: very particular about everything, draws immensely detailed doodles, gets super side-tracked on pointless tangents, everyone's distracted dad friend

Classical: very neat bedroom, makes bad puns constantly, has a 9-5 job, everyone's helpful but slightly exasperated mom friend

Romantic: can never make up their mind about anything, gets shivers when they go to art museums, cries a lot (and you'll know about it), sad bisexual (TM)

Impressionist: super gay, loves music that isn't in their native language, cries easily, just wants to have a good time

Early Modernist: just like Romantic but also does drugs and is afraid of but also super interested in sex

Serialist: angry at everything, "you don't understand my torment", probably a communist

Neoclassical: wants to be just like classical but has never gone to sleep before 1AM, keeps a very neat bedroom except for a single massive pile of clothes in the closet they refuse to acknowledge, occasionally steals Renaissance's hoodies

Total Serialist: 500% angrier than serialist and proud of it, has never had fun, has probably killed someone

Academic Avant-Garde: has never done the same thing twice, trusts nobody else, has an on-again-off-again relationship with total serialism

Minimalism: loves technology, still wears Google Glass and the Apple Watch, meditates for fun, trying to learn Hindi (and horribly failing), often incomprehensible to everyone else but is actually super friendly

Polystylism: originator of the term "pastel grunge", wears immensely clashing outfits, steals everyone's looks, memes

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Robin Williams passed away 5 years ago today. ♥

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a mini lesson in musical terminology

piano

FORTE

ᵖᶦᵃⁿᶦˢˢᶦᵐᵒ

FORTISSIMO

ᶜʳesCENDO

DIMINuenᵈᵒ

SFᵒʳzaNDO

a   d   a   g   i   o

a n d a n t e

allegro

rit a r  d  a   n   d    o

a    c    c   e   l  e  r a ndo

stac- ca- to-

leeggggaaatttoooo

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(Me, hearing an unfamiliar Brahms symphony on the radio)

Me: I don’t recognize this

Me: Is this... Beethoven? It sounds like Beethoven

Johannes Brahms, in the next life:

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“Autumn color shines” | Lake Minami-inaga || yoshizumi

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Alondra de la Parra Alondra de la Parra (born October 31, 1980) is a Mexican American conductor and the current Music Director of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the first female principal conductor of an Australian symphony orchestra. De la Parra is also an official Cultural Ambassador of Mexico.

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This bank holiday weekend we’re celebrating the greatest film music – join us for Movie Music Monday! Make sure you're listening on the radio 📻, via our app 📱, online 🖥, or tell your smart speaker to 'play Classic FM' 🔊 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx1da3DgcUW/?igshid=inwb6pgea1m9

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There will always be a place for music... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0hc3PgC6y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ezrk2ez96mhh

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(H/T Patrick Gardner)

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My heart says yes but my vocal range says no

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