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Cantankerous Classical Composers
…nickname given to his Rondo a Capriccio, was inspired by an incident where he turned his entire apartment upside down, searching for a gold penny he believed a maid had…
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
…the playwright Molière, composing incidental music for his theatrical productions. This collaboration was highly successful and produced several notable works, including the comedy-ballets “Le Mariage Forcé” (1664) and “Le Bourgeois…
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Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March in C Major, Op. 61
Felix Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” is a well-known piece from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Written in 1842, it is frequently played at weddings…
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Felix Mendelssohn – War March of the Priests, Op. 74
German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote incidental music for Jean Racine’s play “Athalie” in 1845. The play was first performed in Berlin and Mendelssohn’s op. 74 was part of the performance….
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Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Performed by Choir of King’s College
…EMI/Angel Records. Also includes “Peer Gynt” incidental music Op 23-Morning. Some content may be owned/licensed by EMI/Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society. Video uploaded for entertainment only and respects owners’ rights….
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Leonard Bernstein
…Jerome Robbins resulted in three major ballets: Fancy Free (1944), Facsimile (1946), and Dybbuk (1975). He also composed the score for the award-winning movie On the Waterfront (1954) and incidental…
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Georges Bizet
…1870 saw Bizet serve in the National Guard. Rise to Prominence After the war, Bizet’s one-act opera Djamileh had a successful premiere, and the orchestral suite derived from his incidental…
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Francisco Tárrega
…hardships. A near-drowning incident in his childhood led to persistent vision problems, which prompted his family’s move to Castellon. Here, he began his music lessons, with the intention that he…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
…incident from this period was Bach’s introduction to the beauty of the soprano singing voice, which he himself possessed. However, after his voice changed, he switched to playing the violin…
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Edvard Grieg
…chamber works. His piano concertos, particularly the Piano Concerto in A minor, are celebrated worldwide for their melodic beauty and innovative harmonies. His incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play “Peer…
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Henry Purcell
…(1691), “The Fairy-Queen” (1692), and “The Indian Queen” (1695). These productions were elaborate staged plays with extensive incidental music, masques, pageants, and ballet sequences. Although they featured some of his…
