How can you "understand" a work, and not "appreciate" it? Maybe you think you "understand", but in reality there are still some things about the work you don't "understand", so you don't "appreciate" it? Does the term "understanding" have significant meaning when it comes to music appreciation?

I love string music and just following another forum friend example am going to dedicate every day of the week time enough to listen quietly a string quartet. I will google for info about the particular opus and post any important info that I found, specially performers interview and so on...

A collection of 13 names on a musical assignment set by someone - this first time, by me. The next assignment is to be set by the poster who fills in number 13. It doesn't matter if the same person sets it twice in a row, as obviously it might have to happen if not many are playing. (Four...

Welcome to the final of the "Concertante 1972-2021" game. We nominated 176 works, which were first voted on in eleven preliminary rounds, reducing the field to 48. Then there were three semi-finals, and now the final. Selections and line-ups can be found here. The rules: 1) you may vote once...

Welcome to Round Four of A Game of Four Categories. After collecting 300 entries, I have broken the total down into 15 qualifying rounds, each having 20 works. For each round, the 4 works having the highest scores will advance to the Semi-Finals. Rules of the Road: 1. You may vote once daily...