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Beethoven Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 – 2nd Movement – Scherzo, Allegro Molto
…takes around 20 minutes to perform. It opens with a slow movement in theme and variations, followed by fast-slow-fast movements according to classical principles. The third movement includes a funeral…
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Beethoven Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 – 3rd Movement
…sonata consists of four movements and takes around 20 minutes to perform. The structure is unconventional, with a slow opening movement followed by classical fast-slow-fast alternation. The third movement incorporates…
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The Emotional Power of Classical Music: How Timeless Pieces Invoke Our Deepest Feelings
…This powerful and moving piece was written as a mass for the dead, with the third movement, Lacrimosa, being particularly poignant. Angry and Intense Classical Music Classical music can also…
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Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era
…125, “Choral,” represents a groundbreaking moment in classical music history. The inclusion of a choir in the final movement, singing Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy,” was a revolutionary move that…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Early Life and Education Christoph Willibald Gluck was born on July 2, 1714, in Erasbach, Bavaria (now Germany), to Alexander Gluck and Maria Walburga. His family moved frequently due to…
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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…slow movement of the Emperor Concerto in your day, and you feel it shape time rather than fill it. Here is a meditative performance of that middle movement as an…
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
P. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 performed by the Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic” under conductor Dmitri Jurowski at Moscow International House of Music, Svetlanov Hall on March 10,…
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Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement – Animated Score for Piano Solo
Animated score of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, first movement….
