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Composer Anthony Gonzalez created an all-new score for VOLTA, Cirque du Soleil's latest show. Learn about the music from two of the show's musicians — classically-trained violinist and vocalist Camilla Bäckman, and drummer and band leader Ben Todd!
Composer Anthony Gonzalez created an all-new score for VOLTA, Cirque du Soleil's latest show. Learn about the music from two of the show's musicians — classically-trained violinist and vocalist Camilla Bäckman, and drummer and band leader Ben Todd!
![Wagner & Sousa Invented British Sketch Comedy [Musical History Lesson]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z_ZclpnDWNU/hqdefault.jpg "Wagner & Sousa Invented British Sketch Comedy [Musical History Lesson]
Did you know that German composer Richard Wagner and American composer John Philip Sousa collaborated on a musical work that helped launch British sketch comedy? Robbie Ellis explains, with the help of Mina Zikri and the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago.
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![Harmonics as Special Effects [Math in Music Ep. 9]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a03F6vl3qzM/hqdefault.jpg "Harmonics as Special Effects [Math in Music Ep. 9]
There is a harmonic series in music based on the one in math. Host Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how the use of harmonics on strings (even in a piano) and the voice are used by composers deliberately, for special effects.")
