My Music Notes

a guided video tour through the universe of music

Welcome "My Music Notes", a guided video-tour through the universe of music presented by Cyrus von Hochstetter.

We embark on space travel through a famous work of music, exploring the fractal-like structure of a musical work.

There is more to a single note than meets the ear. Let’s explore the subatomic particles of a single note.

How the musical Big Bang shapes the inner life of a major scale.

The source of tonality, and the birth of (e)motion in harmony.

The evolution of dissonance and its use in creating musical drama throughout different musical periods.

A moment of extreme dissonance in Beethoven's Eroica symphony in comparison with Stravinsky's famous Rite of Spring chord.

Tonal ambiguity in the prelude of Wagner's Tristand und Isolde and its resolution in Isolde's Liebestod.

Cyrus von Hochstetter introduces the opening phrases of Schönberg's first atonal piece for piano, Op. 11, juxtaposed with excerpts from tonal music.

presented in March 2020, Piano on Park, NYC