Often, I say such things as, “The older I get, the smarter Verdi gets.” You simply learn things, as you mature. You throw off the childish. I used to think Swan Lake was fine. It had some excellent ...

Why does Handel's Water Music and The Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun' sound happy, while Albinoni's Adagio and 'Eleanor Rigby' sound sad? Some might say it's because the first two are in major keys, ...

Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...