Enjoy this short animation to the song Funeral March for a Marionette by French composer Charles-François Gounod (1818 – 1893)…

Rose wrote me asking about the Afrikaans version of Brahms’ Lullaby that’s sung in South Africa… Dear Lisa, When I was a baby in Joburg, my mom used to sing a Brahms lullaby… Slaap my kindkie slaap sag, onder rose fannaag, iers die armpies on my neck, en dan warmpies toe gedek, more frieg as God vill, word my kindkie ge vek Sorry...

Two new Mozart piano pieces were found in a French library in January. The pieces are the first movement of the concerto in G, molto allegro, and a prelude in G. They were most likely composed when Mozart was 7 or 8. The pieces were played for the first time to a modern...

Orlando di Lasso (1530 or 32 – 1594) was a Flemish Renaissance composer. He wrote over 2000 pieces in his lifetime. They were religious and secular choral works in Italian, German, Latin and French. Some of Lasso’s works were masses that he dedicated to the pope. Interestingly, he also wrote...

Beethoven wrote this piece in 1810. In English it means “For Elise”. Listen to Vi play it when he was 11 years old!

Recently I wrote about the history of the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Many people think Mozart wrote it. He didn’t – he just wrote a wonderful piece for piano based on its tune – Variations on “Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman” (a French song). Below you can watch 11 year old...

In my last blog post I talked about how the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was originally from France. Mozart was the first composer to set the tune to a classical piece of music in his 12 Variations (K. 265). It was written in 1781-82. Mozart weaves the tune throughout the...

David Solomons does a wonderful job finding songs that celebrate the time of year. We’re lucky that he shares them with us from time to time! He helps us celebrate the seasons with him. Here’s David’s latest email with the song… Hi Lisa You might like to include this little piece all about May by Antoine...