Classical Music Archives

excerpts from music created by some of the great classical music composers… this is the fourth of seven parts ♪♪♪

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Classical Music is not as popular today as it used to be. It has been around for hundreds of years and it is the oldest type of music out there. There are different types of classical music such as Medieval, Romantic and contemporary classical. Many people who listen to classical music have a deep appreciation for the music and the composer. They do not know why they are mesmorized by the sounds and how it makes them feel. Classical music is very complex in nature. It does not have just one or two chords throughout the whole score. Classical music consists of many instruments or one instrument in a song. It takes on various sounds and feelings. It is not just soft sounding as many people think; many compositions are complex, dark and mysterious.

Many people often think of listening to classical music in a restaurant with a bottle of…

Ganasaraswati Kishori Amonkar is an emotive spiritualistic creative music artist. When she sits for her concert and tunes her tanpura, she builds up her energy filling the auditorium with her powerful vibes. To her it is now a sacred place of worship. As notes stream out of her, the sounds begin to touch your soul. She creates the Bhava of the Raga. Emotions get aroused in abstract form. You can feel that she is living music. Her entire person is music. She builds up the Rasa in the audience.

It comes so easily to her. But behind that is not only the Riyaz with her mother Mogubai Kurdikar, but years of deep thought process which has led to mature understanding of the hidden nuances in the sounds and her incessant quest for perfection of the art of bringing it out as an emotive flow in the Indian classical…