All the chords built on other notes in the scale ... of different types of cadence. Two common modes are the Dorian mode and the Mixolydian mode. Modes are often found in folk music, pop music ...

For most of music history, orchestras were out of reach. Not creatively—but logistically and financially. Recording just one ...

The characters and ideas are given short signature melodies called leitmotifs. Wagner's ideas dominated most music, from the large-scale symphonies of Bruckner and Mahler to the heroic tone poems and ...