Essays, articles and reviews from The Musical Heritage Review.

From 40 years of our monthly column "Exploring Music" to essays on a wide range of topics, The Musical Heritage Review took the original concept of an "expanded and improved liner notes" idea and became a magazine that was published 18 times a year for 40 years. From wild esoterica to thoughts about the weather, these essays are all about the joy of exploring music.

  • Exploring Music

    Written for over a decade almost exclusively by editor David M. Greene, "Exploring Music" essays accompanied Musical Heritage Society's Featured Selections. Usually between 5 and 7 essays were written for each edition of The Review, and David occasionally veered WAY off topic and added his own opinions about just about everything.

  • Essays

    Professors and musicians from the East Coast music schools wrote often for The Musical Heritage Review. The new fields of early music on historically informed instrument practice was a favorite topic of discussion (yay and nay), as was the doings of the Metropolitan Opera and...oh yes, record labels, like The Musical Heritage Society.

  • Reviews

    Each edition of The Musical Heritage Review contained hundreds of reviews. We've included many of these reviews on the product pages of the recordings we sell here at the site, but we will also feature many reviews here as well.

EXPLORING MUSIC

Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

David White

When Max G started on his journey, the entirety of Vivaldi was probably one-tenth of what is known so far – no major choral works, the barest knowledge of the...

Sailing to the Edge of Vivaldi

David White

When Max G started on his journey, the entirety of Vivaldi was probably one-tenth of what is known so far – no major choral works, the barest knowledge of the...

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Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

David White

Balsam’s Haydn is comfortable side by side with Mozart and Beethoven, and while insights may be few, musicality and the composer shine through.

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Sonata

David White

Balsam’s Haydn is comfortable side by side with Mozart and Beethoven, and while insights may be few, musicality and the composer shine through.

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Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

David White

Nameless Haydn symphonies are like small college basketball teams during March Madness. Nobody knows them until you see them play a big name team. But suddenly...they’re just as good, if...

Pick A Symphony, Any Symphony

David White

Nameless Haydn symphonies are like small college basketball teams during March Madness. Nobody knows them until you see them play a big name team. But suddenly...they’re just as good, if...

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5 QUESTIONS FOR BENJAMIN VERDERY

5 QUESTIONS FOR BENJAMIN VERDERY

David White

I, like so many of my peers have always found that all Bach works for stringed instruments sound exquisite on the guitar.

5 QUESTIONS FOR BENJAMIN VERDERY

David White

I, like so many of my peers have always found that all Bach works for stringed instruments sound exquisite on the guitar.

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SOUNDS LIKE...APPALACHIAN SPRING

SOUNDS LIKE...APPALACHIAN SPRING

David White

So while Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue gets raked over the coals for possibly being appropriated, or a prime example of an American musical colonialism, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring sits untouched...

SOUNDS LIKE...APPALACHIAN SPRING

David White

So while Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue gets raked over the coals for possibly being appropriated, or a prime example of an American musical colonialism, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring sits untouched...

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Like an Angel in Ecstasy

Like an Angel in Ecstasy

David M. Greene

Someone should do a drama on Vivaldi!

Like an Angel in Ecstasy

David M. Greene

Someone should do a drama on Vivaldi!

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