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Loose Canon – From Pachelbel’s Canon in D – Performed by LAGQ Guitar Quartet
Pachelbel’s Canon in D major became incredibly popular during the 1970s and is now one of the most recognized classical compositions. It has been adapted by pop music artists and…
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Chopin Etude – Op. 10, No. 1 in C, Performed by Kristian Cvetkovic
…is an amateur pianist who has been playing the piano since the age of 5. He performs Chopin’s Etude op.10 No.1 and draws inspiration from Pollini’s recording from the 1970s.…
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Jacques Offenbach
…his German birth and imperial connections. Despite this, he found success in Vienna and London and managed to re-establish himself in Paris in the 1870s. Legacy and Final Years In…
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Giovanni Gabrieli
…and Early Career In the mid-1570s, Gabrieli traveled to Munich to study with the acclaimed composer Orlando de Lassus at the court of Duke Albert V. This period exerted a…
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John Williams
…in Film and Television Williams’ career took a major leap in the 1970s, during which time he scored over a hundred films. His first feature film composition was for “Daddy-O”…
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Johannes Brahms
…in his later works. Years of Fame: The Peak of his Musical Journey (1876-1890) The years of fame began for Brahms in the 1870s when he became the principal conductor…
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Arcangelo Corelli
…1670s, Corelli relocated to Rome, where his career flourished. There, he gained the patronage of influential figures, including Queen Christina of Sweden and later Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, who became his…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…Life and Legacy By the late 1770s, Gluck’s health began to decline. He returned to Vienna in 1779, where he composed his final major opera, Iphigénie en Tauride, now widely…
