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Requiem for a Dream: Mordents’ Ultimate Break-up Playlist

Be it after 3 days, 3 months or 3 years – break-ups hit hard. Here’s our pick for some classical pieces to guide you through this sensitive times. Grab some tissues and turn up your speakers. Read More
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Lessons from a Critic: 7 Crucial Tips by G. B. Shaw

If you’re hesitantly stepping into the world of music writing, be it reviews, criticism, essays or features, you’d do well to heed G. B. Shaw’s advice. Read More
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How Not to Hate the Pieces You Are Practicing: A Guide

A guide on overcoming the pain of music practice. Read More
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Piano Arrangements of Orchestral Works

Here are some of the most astonishing piano arrangements of famous orchestral works that are worth listening to! Read More
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Scriabin: A Life of Myth and Mysticism Told in Facts

Mordents Magazine details a few fun - and lesser known - facts of Alexander Scriabin's life. Read More
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Charles-Valentin Alkan: The Moving, Multifaceted Musicality of a Master Pianist

“I often hear flashes of him coming up in music by late nineteenth-century French composers (including César Franck, who arranged... Read More
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Your Pop Quiz Cheat Sheet

Fun facts about Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - on his brief stint as a winemaker, poor singing, and post-plague contemplations of priesthood. Read More
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‘Hive Extravaganza’, Snake Skin and Rhinestones: The World of Custom-made Pianos

Taking a look at some - good and bad - showstopper piano designs. Read More
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The Art of the Insult

The famed edginess of music critics of times past is a never-ending source of entertainment. In an age of mostly... Read More
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Feuding Families and Flemish Art: A Few Facts About Arcangelo Corelli

The biographies of the great Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (1673-1713) testify of a turbulent life filled with strange gaps, replete with embellishments and anecdotal evidence. We try to piece together some of the lesser known facts on the composer’s life. Read More
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Orlande de Lassus: 12 Fun Facts

Mordents offers you a quick rundown of some of the most interesting points of this Renaissance composer's life. Read More
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Could Chopin Win the Chopin Competition Today?

A story of a composer, a festival, and how interpretation always remains open to – interpretation. Read More
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