Search results for: “Prelude In D Minor (Composition)”


  • How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer

    …broader repertoire and provided him with a comprehensive foundation in music theory, composition, and performance. Beethoven’s early compositions, which he began crafting under Neefe’s guidance, displayed a remarkable depth and…


  • Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era

    …Richard Wagner’s monumental work, The Ring Cycle, is an epic tetralogy of operas based on Norse mythology. Comprised of four individual operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung), this…


  • Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 5, Op. 23

    …Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 is a powerful composition that epitomizes his Russian nationalism. The piece features full chords and evocative melodies, and follows a three-part…


  • Erik Satie – Véritables Préludes Flasques

    Erik Satie proposed the “True Flabby Preludes” to his editor after the “Flabby Preludes” were refused. These pieces, written “pour un chien” (for a dog), have a different style and…


  • J. S. Bach Prelude from Suite in E Minor, BWV 996

    Check out the J.S. Bach Prelude from Suite in E-minor BWV 996 with tabs and score here: http://shop.per-olovkindgren.com/?s=bwv+996&post_type=product. For better sound and video, follow me on http://vimeo.com/perolovkindgren. My latest CD…


  • Frederic Chopin’s Regentropfen Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15

    …constant “drops” of g# in the composition represent Chopin’s beating heart as he waits for his family during a storm on Mallorca. This is my personal interpretation, and I have…


  • Rachmaninoff – Prelude Op. 23, No. 2

    Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Op. 23 No. 2, performed by Sviatoslav Richter, is a rhythmically complex and virtuosic composition completed in 1903. The piece features thunderous left-hand ostinato against a jagged right-hand…


  • Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12

    Vadim Chaimovich performs Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12. Also available for download is Chaimovich’s interpretation of Chopin’s “Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9. No. 2,”…


  • From Village to Concert Hall: The Journey of Folk Melodies

    …appreciation for the American landscape and its diverse cultural heritage, Copland sought to create a distinctively American sound. He achieved this by drawing on folk melodies, cowboy songs, and the…


  • Muzio Clementi

    …Under Baroni’s tutelage, the young Clementi developed formidable keyboard skills and demonstrated exceptional talent. At the age of thirteen, Clementi embarked on a journey to England, where he would spend…


  • Maurice Ravel

    …style. His compositions began to exhibit a distinctive blend of clarity and modernism, with elements of baroque, neoclassicism, and even jazz. Despite his innovative approach to composition, Ravel faced resistance…


  • 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,…