Kenneth LaFave

Modest Mussorgsky’s musical stroll through an art exhibit honored his friend, an artist who had died too young.

A lifelong bond between Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann inspired music, letters, and enduring mystery.

Contrary to scholarly interpretations, the “Heart of Darkness” condemns the primitive and extols the civilized.

A valid history of American music must the composer John Philip Sousa, known as ‘The March King.’

Near the end of Mahler’s symphony, the ravishing “Adagietto” movement chronicles the joy of falling in love.

A close listening to the composer’s final work reveals how rhythm, melody, and color converge in a meditation on beauty and exile.

What are the mysterious barricades alluded to in the tune’s title?