Let’s take a look at the life and work of a Japanese musical trailblazer of the 19th century – Nobu... Read More
“I often hear flashes of him coming up in music by late nineteenth-century French composers (including César Franck, who arranged... Read More
Mordents offers you a quick rundown of some of the most interesting points of this Renaissance composer's life. Read More
Soprano and writer Lisa Newill-Smith has performed across Europe and the United States. A passionate advocate of music by women,... Read More
Examining the existing evidence to the intrigue at the centre of the Mozart myth. Read More
The biographies of the great Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (1673-1713) testify of a turbulent life filled with strange gaps, replete with embellishments and anecdotal evidence. We try to piece together some of the lesser known facts on the composer’s life. Read More
Mordents Magazine introduces you to the life and work of a quintessentially American composer. Read More
Stray bullets, accidental electrocutions, and untreated wounds – the history of classical music is full of dreadful deaths, sometimes mysterious,... Read More
Mordents Magazine details a few fun - and lesser known - facts of Alexander Scriabin's life. Read More
Fun facts about Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - on his brief stint as a winemaker, poor singing, and post-plague contemplations of priesthood. Read More
A look at composers and their favourite pastimes - with photo proof. Read More
Since 2006, Martin Jarvis, a musicologist from Charles Darwin University in Australia, has claimed that Johann Sebastian Bach is not... Read More
