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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
…while his mother, Aimée Marie Bruslé, was a Creole of French ancestry. This multicultural background played a significant role in shaping Gottschalk’s musical style in his later years. Gottschalk was…
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Telemann – Wassermusik Suite in C, TWV 55 – 7th-10th Movements
Telemann’s “Wassermusik” Suite in C major TWV55:C3 consists of 10 movements, including “Der sturmende Aeolus,” “Menuet – Der angenehme Zephir,” “Gigue – Ebb’ und Fluth,” and “Canarie – Die lustigen…
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Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet in D Minor – Andante Con Moto 1 of 2- Performed by the Takacs Quartet
…the quartet is based on Schubert’s song “Death and the Maiden”. Ariel Dorfman’s play and its film adaptation are named after this quartet. Due to its length, the second movement…
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Schubert – Death and the Maiden Quartet in D Minor
…movement is adapted from Schubert’s song “Death and the Maiden”. Ariel Dorfman’s play and Roman Polanski’s film, both titled “Death and the Maiden,” are named after this quartet. (60 words)…
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Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Performed by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise with Anne-Marie McDermott at a recital in San Francisco before their Russian-themed concerts with the New Century Chamber Orchestra….
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Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Performed by 12-Year-Old Soprano
…and world music. She has been compared to artists like Charice Pempengko, Ariel Pineda, Regine Velasquez, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and many others in terms of her high voice range….
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Maurice Ravel
…and his Basque mother, Marie Delouart, fostered an environment rich in cultural and musical diversity. The household reverberated with the melodies of his mother’s Spanish folk songs, while his father’s…
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Felix Mendelssohn
…a visit to Paris, he studied the piano under Marie Bigot. He also received formal training in composition from Carl Friedrich Zelter, who profoundly influenced the young protege. A Prodigy…
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G.F. Handel – Eternal Source of Light Divine – HWV 74
Marie-Sophie Pollak & Ensemble Concerto München perform G.F. Händel’s ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ from the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74. The performance features Matthew Sadler…
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Gabriel Fauré – Élégie for Cello and Piano, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré’s Élégie for cello and piano, performed by Pierre Fontenelle on cello and Marie Datcharry on piano….
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Šárka – Full Opera by Zdeněk Fibich (1950)
Zdeněk Fibich’s complete opera, Sarka, conducted by Alois Klima in 1950, featuring Václav Bednář, Beno Blachut, and Marie Podvalová….
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Camille Saint-Saëns
…19-year-old Marie Truffot. The couple had two sons, both of whom tragically died in infancy. The loss of his children and the subsequent end of his marriage in 1881 marked…
