The music of The Microscopic Septet was the sound of jazz in 20th C. America: all of it, from Ellington to Ayler, bebop to Zorn, Dixieland to experimental, captured in a microcosm. It distilled the ...

When it comes to obscure objects, Copeland’s Septet (also called Hickson Compact Group 57) ranks with the best of them. Ralph Copeland discovered this group in the spring of 1874 while employed by ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Beethoven started composing his Septet for strings and winds in E-flat in 1799. It's in the style of a ...

In 1874, Scottish astronomer Ralph Copeland was an assistant to William Parsons, Earl of Rosse. In April, while scanning the constellation Leo with Parsons’ 72-inch speculum-mirror reflector — the ...

"New York's Most Famous Unknown Band" is back after years of inactivity, with a new album every bit as rollicking and ebullient as those made in its prime. Although the band's genesis can be traced ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Novel Jazz Septet will present a musical matinee featuring works by ...

Beethoven’s Septet has been one of his most popular chamber works ever since it was written. It was first performed in 1800, and was quite innovative for the time. The clarinet for example, has a role ...

Oh, yes, there will be fireworks at Chop Suey tonight. Fuses will be lit. Sparks will fly. There'll be skronk and there'll be awe, as a team of seven unleashes volley after volley of high-decibel ...