Beautiful Muisc

June is American Rivers Month, an occasion that celebrates the environmental health and importance of our rivers. Today’s Beautiful Music features a musical ensemble — BURNING RIVER BRASS — named after an infamous environmental tragedy. The Cuyahoga River repeatedly caught on fire because of how polluted it was. Burning River Brass plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s […]

“Ciaconna” is a musical term– that’s the Italian version. In French it’s “chaconne,” in Spanish it’s “chacona,” and it’s “chacony” in English. It is an early dance form, and it is a type of musical composition of variations on top of repeated chords. The Ciaconna by Veronese musician Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) is one of his