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Manuel Ponce
…the Measles), was created at the tender age of nine when he was battling the disease. As a teenager, Ponce started playing the organ at the Church of San Diego…
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Gaetano Donizetti
…German composer, Simon Mayr, who was then the maestro di cappella at Bergamo’s main church, and also a successful opera composer. Mayr perceived Donizetti’s nascent musical talent and ensured his…
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Leroy Anderson
…in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Leroy Anderson was the son of Swedish immigrant parents. His mother, an organist at the Swedish Mission Church, introduced him to music at an early age. At…
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Beethoven’s Funeral March – Piano Sonata Op. 26, No. 12
Beethoven’s Funeral March from Piano Sonata Opus 26, No.12, recorded in 2008 at St. John’s Parish Church….
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Bach’s Little Fugue in G Minor, Performed by Organist Edith Hanselman
Edith Hanselman, organist and music director of Strathroy United Church, performs J.S. Bach’s famous Little Fugue in G Minor at the Going Through the Gates Sunday service on June 15,…
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Bach – Minuet in G Major
…recognized in the 19th century. He wrote various types of music including organ pieces, orchestral works like the Brandenburg Concertos, and church music such as the St Matthew Passion. Notable…
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Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Pipe Organ
…a 17-year-old self-taught organist who enjoys playing for my local church and loves classical organ repertoire, especially French romantic music. For this song, I used the Lieblich Gedeckt 8 registration…
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Bach Cantata – Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht, BWV 211 – Part 1 of 2
Bach: Coffee Cantata, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 – Thomas Crawford, Music Director and Founder. American Classical Orchestra. Feb 24, 2010 at Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Featuring Kristen…
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Sonata in A Major – Mozart
Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was an Austrian composer and violinist. He originally planned for a career in the church but changed his path after his father’s death….
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Felix Mendelssohn – Royal Wedding March for Organ
Felix Mendelssohn’s Royal Wedding March, composed for William Shakespeare’s Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on an electronic keyboard with a synthesized church organ sound by Miss Denise Erica…
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Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March in C Major, Op. 61
…weddings on a church pipe organ. Check out more classical music by Mendelssohn at the provided link. Don’t forget to subscribe to The Wicked North for more classical music content….
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Mendelssohn – Reformation Symphony, 1st Movement, 1 of 4
…six notes sung during church services in Saxony since the 19th century. Composed by Johann Gottlieb Naumann, it gained popularity and was used by various composers in Western classical music….
