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Jacques Offenbach – Overture from L’Alcove
Jacques Offenbach’s L’Alcôve overture, performed by Sibeloformer Orchestrion and directed by Jean-Christophe Keck….
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Hector Berlioz
…Their marriage was troubled from the start, as Harriet struggled with alcohol dependency and her inability to adapt to Berlioz’s eccentric lifestyle. They eventually separated, though Berlioz continued to support…
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Modest Mussorgsky
…acquainted with fellow composers such as Mily Balakirev and Alexander Borodin. Despite his musical talent, Mussorgsky faced significant personal and professional challenges throughout his life. He struggled with alcoholism and…
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Alexander Glazunov
…his battle with alcoholism, which affected his health and productivity as a composer. Despite these challenges, Glazunov found support and stability in his marriage to Olga Gavrilovna Vinogradova, with whom…
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Ludwig van Beethoven
…age. His father’s gradual descent into alcoholism and his consequent inability to provide for the family led Beethoven to request an official appointment as Assistant Court Organist. The court, recognizing…
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Jacques Offenbach
…passion, however, lay in creating comic pieces for the musical theater. He began composing operettas in 1847, with his first work, L’alcove. Despite initial challenges in staging his pieces, Offenbach…
