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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
…the youngest of seven children, though only he and his older sister Maria Anna, nicknamed ‘Nannerl’, survived infancy. His father, Leopold Mozart, was a renowned violinist and composer, while his…
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Richard Wagner
…Wagner’s influence on Western music is unparalleled. The Dawn of a Prodigy Born on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany, Wilhelm Richard Wagner was the ninth child of Carl Friedrich…
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Yalun Wang Performs Kabalevsky’s Concerto No. 3
Yalun Serena Wang performs Kabalevsky’s Concerto No. 3 with the Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Rivero Weber….
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Alexander Scriabin
…exploration of new tonalities paved the way for composers such as Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern to embrace atonality and serialism. His visionary approach to music and his integration of synesthetic…
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Hector Berlioz
…Le Sueur, who became a lifelong mentor. He immersed himself in the works of Beethoven, Gluck, and Weber, which heavily influenced his dramatic style. Berlioz’s early years in Paris were…
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America’s First Orchestra
…Rooms on Lower Broadway. It was a three-hour affair with around 600 in attendance. The program included works by Beethoven, Weber, Rossini, Hummel and Mozart, and featured two of the…
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C.P.E. Bach – Full Oratorio – The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, Wq 240
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s oratorio, “Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu.” Performed by Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Choir Hamburg….
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Giuseppe Verdi
…like Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893), as well as his Requiem Mass (1874). The Dawn of a…
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Schumann Rhenish Symphony No. 3 – 3rd Movement, Nicht Schnell
Check out the third movement of Carl Schuricht’s performance of Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rheinische: “Nicht schnell.” You can find the other movements at the following links: 1. Lebhaft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGz2lVUGimA…
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A Clockwork Orange – Extended Theme & Title Music by Henry Purcell
…1971 film “A Clockwork Orange” directed by Stanley Kubrick. Orchestrated by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, the electronic synthesized soundtrack also includes adaptations of well-known classical music compositions, including parts…
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Main Theme from A Clockwork Orange – Henry Purcell
Denise Hewitt performed the adaptation of Henry Purcell’s “A Clockwork Orange” for the 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The soundtrack, composed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, includes adaptations…
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C.P.E. Bach – Cello Concerto in A Major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Cello Concerto in A Major, Performed by Christophe Coin and Ensemble Baroque de Limoges….
