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Does Classical Music Really Make You Smarter?
…Mozart Effect The term “Mozart effect” was first introduced in the early 1990s, stemming from a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. They proposed that college…
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Prokofiev – Dance of the Knights
…for the Soviet era, used in dramas, documentaries, adverts with Soviet subject matter. It was featured in a 1990s French commercial for Chanel’s Egoiste fragrance and used as competition music…
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Maria Callas Performs Madama Butterfly – Puccini
…is based on a story by John Luther Long and a novel by Pierre Loti, and it is set in Nagasaki in the 1890s. (Thanks to Wikipedia for the information!)…
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Zdeněk Fibich
…Era of Fibich’s Career The 1890s marked a period of peak creativity for Fibich. His works began gaining recognition both domestically and internationally. Despite the societal unrest due to his…
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Johannes Brahms
…His reserved nature and inability to express emotions outside of his music made him a solitary figure. Death: The Final Coda Brahms’ health began to deteriorate in the late 1890s.…
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Richard Strauss
…(1886). These compositions marked the beginning of his exploration into programmatic music—a genre he would master in the coming decades. Master of Tone Poems The 1890s were a defining decade…
