composer Archives - Throwcase

New Complexity Has Run Out Of Too Many Ideas

February 15, 2021 Throwcase classical music, composer, contemporary music, new complexity

The movement of classical music composition most commonly known as “New Complexity” appears at last to have run out of

Does This Liszt Piece Have A Cadenza? Yes

October 10, 2016 Throwcase cadenza, composer, Franz Liszt, pianist, Piano, virtuoso

It’s a question we all have to ask ourselves at one time or another: if I listen to this piece

Aunt Sally Composers Top Ten

Aunt Sally Disappointed With Contemporary Classical Piece

November 23, 2015January 18, 2017 Throwcase Aunt Sally, classical, classical music, composer, concert, contemporary music, harmony, John Man, Mozart and Schubert, Music, music student, musician

Aunt Sally, a sweet and caring pensioner from a sleepy English town full of small shops, went to see a

Man Rejects Female Composers After Listening To CD For A Bit

September 21, 2015March 16, 2016 Throwcase argument, art, article, book, composer, Critics, female composer, John Man, knowledge, Music, sally mcnally, women, Writing

John Man, newly elected Vice-President of the esteemed Guild Of Hacks, recently courted a great deal of controversy with his

Accompanists Guest Author

What Your Accompanist Thinks On The Day Of Your Recital

September 2, 2015March 16, 2016 Throwcase accompaniment, accompanist, collaborative piano, composer, concert, concerts, Critics, joy, metronome, Music, orchestra, pianist, Piano, recital, singer, song, Strauss

Today’s special guest post is by Jo Ramadan, one of the leading accompanists in the UK. I’m very much looking

Youth Orchestra Plays Scheherazade. Again.

May 11, 2015November 24, 2016 Throwcase Bob Guy, composer, concert, concerts, Fake News, John Man, Music, orchestra, Satire, Scheherazade, story

John Man, pen pal and Tubby the Tuba fan, was overjoyed to learn that his local youth orchestra will once

Reading The Score Top Ten

Man Discovers Another Fucking Hindemith Sonata

April 27, 2015December 30, 2016 Throwcase composer, crumhorn, Fake News, hindemith, Hindemith Sonata, instrumental music, John Man, manuscript, Music, musician, paul hindemith, Satire, score, sonata, viola

Fans of Unterweisung im Tonsatz everywhere received some incredible news this week when John Man, cardboard collector and wunderkind, discovered

Hubert Parry Fans Outraged By Shocking Article

November 17, 2014November 24, 2016 Throwcase Aunt Sally, composer, concert, Hubert Parry, Jerusalem, John Man, Music, ripping babushkin

Famed musicologist Ripping Babushkin recently sent shockwaves throughout the musical world like an earthquake, atomic bomb, or electrified beach. He