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I used to think that Wagner was a fucking g... just brilliant... then I found out that he was a rampant anti-semitist- HOW WILL I LISTEN TO ELEKTRA AGAIN???

#wagner

thingsmymusicprofessorssay-blog

Ok. It’s starting to sound like music.

Maestro during pit orchestra rehearsal, which was going poorly (via thingsmymusicprofessorssay)

S(k)inging because I'm so excited for Candide to come to @kennedycenter 😍#wno (at Ski Round Top)

#wno

soyouwanttoplaytheflute

Butt music. Literally.

This is taken from the painting: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Now look closely…

And if you are curious as to what it sounds like here is the music for this artwork here it is:

You learn something new everyday ;)

My choir does Musical Hangman... Help me come up with some hard ones to stump them guys

Hey guys! So I've been having a really hard time lately paying for my private lessons and my college auditions are coming up and I want to help my mom pay for my college audition tapes. I'd really appreciate any help that you guys can give... I know that I'm not many people know much about me, but if you message me I'd love to get to know you! Please consider donating to my gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/2yjdvt3g Thanks ❤️

me (in the practice room): *crying and throwing a tantrum because I sound terrible and nothing is going right*

me: this is pathetic I'm done. I'm making this concerto my bitch

me: *plays concerto AGGRESSIVELY*

confessions-of-a-cellist

When you realise your lesson is tomorrow and you haven’t practiced all week

omg-horns

A hornist’s secret to playing well: whispering into their instrument

crazymusicianpoop

when you can’t tell whether the composer just doesn’t know how to score your instrument or if they want to kill you:

cellosheetmusic

In the process of running this blog and looking for sheet music for my own purposes, I’ve amassed a pretty big collection of sources for sheet music, and I thought I’d share them with you all. i know I’m forgetting a ton of sites but oh well

* - free # - subscription $ - buy individual songs

• (*) my blog - cello music + the occasional orchestra arrangement • (*/# optional) musescore - user created sheet music for any instrument or combination of instruments. there are some really amazing compositions and arrangements that I’ve found on here (this is also the notation software I use because it’s really nice and it’s free. you can also buy a pro account on here but that’s really for posting because it’ll only let you post five scores without a pro account) • (*/# optional) scribd - not primarily for sheet music, but there’s a ton on here anyway (note: technically it requires a subscription, which does cost money, but it also gives you a free download for everything you upload so just upload random pdfs if you don’t wanna pay) • (*) chromatik - official, legal sheet music for a ton of instruments that’s completely free. you can’t download, but you can just screenshot it if you need to save it • (*/# optional) 8notes - lots of instruments, but not a huge selection of music, especially non-classical. no download without subscription but you can screenshot • (*) imslp - free, legal archive of classical music. if you want classical music, this is the place to go. they have recordings, arrangements, conductor’s scores, individual parts, everything. • ($) musicnotes - pretty much everything is on here. there isn’t a ton of classical music though • ($) sheetmusicplus - even larger selection than musicnotes, also has more classical music • ($) jwpepper - every music teacher i’ve ever known uses this site. if you need to buy a book of sheet music or an piece for an orchestra, choir, or band, this is the place to go. • (# with free trial) sheetmusicarchive - classical music • ($) amazon - i mean, it’s amazon. what can’t you get on amazon. • (*) ifthesepianosheetswerestates - not active anymore, but there’s a ton of sheet music for piano here • (*) duke university’s online archives - classical string quartets, historic american music • (*) master post of twenty one pilots piano music • (*) noteflight - very similar to musescore, but they don’t have as many scores • (*) jellynote - mostly guitar tabs but there’s also a fair bit of sheet music. like musescore and noteflight, it’s all user created. • ($) thepianoguys - buy sheet music for the piano guys (it’s kinda expensive tho)

music notation software

• finale - most professional composers use either finale or sibelius. however, they’re both pretty expensive (although finale is much more expensive - $600 compared to $120) so i don’t really recommend them that much • sibelius • musescore - what i personally use. all or almost all the capabilities of finale or sibelius, but it’s free. • noteflight

other random music related resources:

• midomi - can’t remember the name of a song? sing or hum part of it and this site will find it • shazam - similar to midomi onchord - finds songs in the same key, that contain the same chords, or use the same progressions • chordify - tells you the chord patterns of any song using youtube (this one doesn’t usually work for me but i think it’s because i’m using a school computer) • teoria - practice music theory (THIS SITE SAVED MY LIFE WHILE TAKING AP MUSIC THEORY. IT IS THE REASON I GOT A FIVE. USE IT. GET YOUR TEACHER TO SET UP OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.) • ap music theory masterpost • thenostalgiamachine - enter a year and listen to popular music from that year • complete lists of artists’ music: ed sheeran lana del rey the 1975 charli xcx • sites that you enter an artist/song/genre and it suggests things musicroamer liveplasma tastekid • all the music you’ve ever reblogged • retroj.am - put in your date of birth and it’ll give you a specific playlist for every year you were in school • tunefind - find any song that played in an episode of a tv show • infinite jukebox

if any links are broken, please send me a message and let me know! i’ll probably update this periodically because i know i’ve forgotten sheet music sites, and if you have any you’re welcome to add them.

you-had-me-at-e-flat-major

Could you write a basic list of classical pieces? Only the essential, your favourites :) Thanks!

Baroque

BachBrandenburg Concerto 5H-moll-MesseWeihnachtsoratoriumFantasia in GFantasy and Fugue in G minor

VivaldiWinterConcerto for 2 Cellos in G minor

HandelWater Music

Classical

MozartSymphonies 39-41Oboe ConcertoBassoon ConcertoClarinet ConcertoRequiemSinfonia Concertante KV 297b

HaydnCello Concerto

Romantic

BeethovenSymphonies 3-5, 7Violin ConcertoPiano Sonate 1, 18, 21, 23, 29

MendelssohnSymphonies 3-4Violin ConcertoPaulusDie HebridenOctetDie NachtigallKyrie

SpohrSymphonies 2-4, 9-10Clarinet Concerti 3-4

SchumannSymphonies 2-3Piano Sonata 2Konzertstück für vier Hörner

SchubertWiderspruchDer Erlkönig

ChopinScherzo in Bb minorNocturne in Bb minorPiano Concerti 1-2

WeberDer Freischütz: OuvertüreClarinet Concerti 1-2

WagnerTristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und LiebestodLohengrin: Vorspiel zu Akt III, Elsa’s Procession to the CathedralDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg: VorspielTannhäuser: Vorspiel

TchaikovskySymphonies 1-4, 6Piano Concerto 1Marche Slave1812 OvertureFrancesca da RiminiRomeo & Juliet Fantasy OvertureViolin ConcertoString Quartet 1

RachmaninovSymphony 2Piano Concerti 1-2Preludes in Gm, D, C#mVespersDie Toteninsel

Johann Strauss IIDie Fledermaus: Overture

DvorákSymphonies 1, 3-4, 6-9Cello ConcertoString Quartet 12String QuintetCarnival OvertureSlavonic Dances: Op. 46 no. 8 and Op. 72 no. 7

BrahmsSymphonies 1, 3-4Clarinet Sonate 1-2String Quartet 1

Saint-SaënsSymphony 3TarantelleClarinet Sonata

GriegPeer Gynt Suites 1-2Lyric Pieces: Hochzeitstag auf TroldhaugenPiano Concerto

StraussTill Eulenspiegels lustige StreicheDon JuanEine AlpensinfonieSaloméViolin Concerto

SibeliusViolin Concerto

GlinkaRusslan und Ludmilla: Overture

LisztLa campanellaPiano Concerti 1-2

SmetanaMa vlast: Vltava

ElgarSymphony no. 2Cello Concerto