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Classical Clips Top 10: Christmas Edition
…instrumental version by the Kanneh-Masons. 6. Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson American composer Leroy Anderson’s orchestral treat, Sleigh Ride, has become synonymous with Christmas festivities. Composed in 1948, its jingling…
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Barber’s Pas de Deux – Piano Duet by Anderson & Roe
The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo performs Samuel Barber’s “Pas de deux” from Souvenirs, Op. 28. The piece and video are featured on their debut album, “Reimagine.” This adrenalized album…
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Anderson & Roe Play Blue Danube Fantasy
Anderson & Roe Piano Duet perform “BLUE DANUBE FANTASY,” a new interpretation of the Blue Danube Waltzes. The composition aims to bring out the underlying emotions of the Viennese Waltz….
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10 of the Craziest Musical Instruments Used in Classical Music
…play it well. 7. The Typophone Leroy Anderson might have been the first to add the sound of a typewriter to his music (listen to his “The Typewriter” here). The…
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The Emotional Power of Classical Music: How Timeless Pieces Invoke Our Deepest Feelings
…Typewriter by Leroy Anderson: With its playful use of a typewriter as an instrument, this piece is both clever and engaging. William Tell Overture by Rossini: This well-known piece features…
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Debussy – Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut from Images, Series 2
John Anderson performs Debussy’s “Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut,” a piece dedicated to his friend Louis Laloy. The composition incorporates exotic scales and harmonies based on…
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Dmitri Shostakovich
…to a ban on avant-garde music in 1932. The musical climate in the Soviet Union was restrictive, and Shostakovich often found himself at odds with the authorities. His opera “Lady…
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Samuel Barber
…middle-class family in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His parents, Marguerite McLeod Beatty and physician Samuel Leroy Barber, nurtured a household that valued education and culture. While Barber’s father was a doctor,…
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Wynton Marsalis Performs A Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Wynton Marsalis is a prominent jazz musician and classical instrumentalist. He currently serves as the Musical Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and has received numerous awards for his musical…
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Leopold Mozart
…the family letters, available in “The Letters of Mozart and His Family” by E. Anderson, we get a glimpse of the intense relationship between Leopold and Wolfgang. Their correspondence reflects…
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G.F. Handel – Eternal Source of Light Divine – HWV 74
…on baroque trumpet, Dmitry Lepekhov on violin, Ava de Araujo Madureira on violin, Emily Deans on viola, Anderson Fiorelli on violoncello, Sophie Lücke on violone, and Johannes Berger on organ…
