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Bach Fugue in G Major, BWV 577
…Power Biggs’ performance on the Harvard Flentrop Organ. The recording can be found on my ‘Pipe Organ Story’ CD. It made the Year-In-Review Top 20 all-time on mp3.com in 1999….
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…emotional turmoil. His situation was poignantly illustrated during a country walk with fellow composer Ferdinand Ries, when Beethoven observed Ries’s reaction to a shepherd playing a pipe, realizing he could…
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La Moldau by Bedrich Smetana
…composition is accompanied by stunning images of Prague and the river itself. Listen and appreciate the fluttering tune of a reed flute and light pluck of a string that evoke…
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Gershwin’s Summertime – Performed by Dileesa
“Degreed vocal coach offering lessons in Atlanta, GA and online via Facetime/Skype. Book at www.dileesa.com for a stronger, healthier voice.”…
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A Trumpeter’s Lullaby by Leroy Anderson – West City Concert Band
“A Trumpeter’s Lullaby” by Leroy Anderson, performed by West City Concert Band, featuring Richard Breed (trumpet) and Chad Davenpor (conductor)….
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Igor Stravinsky
…undeterred. During his university years, Stravinsky presented some of his early compositions to celebrated composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who was highly impressed and agreed to tutor him privately. This valuable mentorship…
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America’s First Orchestra
…the New York Philharmonic Society. Starting with around 50 musicians, the group agreed to a self-governing cooperative. The musicians themselves would decide by vote who could be admitted, what pieces…
