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Isaac Albéniz
…tutelage of Antoine François Marmontel, a renowned French pianist. At the age of seven, Albéniz passed the entrance examination for the prestigious Paris Conservatoire. However, he was denied admission because…
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Béla Bartók
…talent, his mother started his formal music education when he was just five years old. The sudden death of Bartók’s father when he was seven had a profound impact on…
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Gustav Holst
…journey at seventeen. He was appointed the organ player and choirmaster at Wyck Rissington, providing him the platform to showcase his musical talents. His first official performance, where he played…
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 (1961)
…before Backhaus passed away at the age of 85, after a career spanning seventy years. Both men were exceptionally skilled technicians, with Böhm’s command of orchestral ensemble being particularly celebrated….
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Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
…popular media. The piece starts with a flourish in the upper keyboard range, then descends to a diminished seventh chord before resolving into a D major chord. The four-voice fugue…
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Orosz Zoltán Plays Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
OROSZ ZOLTÁN – Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik with top accordion player in Hungary. Enjoy classical music with friends at www.harmonika.hu and www.sevenload.com….
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Anderson & Roe Play Blue Danube Fantasy
…the underlying emotions of the Viennese Waltz. Watch the video for hand choreography that parallels dancing and listen for the merging of melodies, including seven different themes at the climax….
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Beau Soir by Claude Debussy, Performed by Christian Tatonetti
“Beau Soir” is a French art song by Claude Debussy, set to a poem by Paul Bourget. Debussy composed the song when he was around seventeen or eighteen years old,…
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Clair de Lune – Debussy
Debussy’s “Clair de lune” – “No hay teoría, simplemente escucha. La fantasía es la ley.” Used in films like Fantasia, Pinnocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Aladin, Seven years in Tibet,…
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Brahms Ballade in B Major, Op. 10, No. 4
…focusing on the piano after initially starting on the violin. Michelangeli’s international career started at age 18 when he placed seventh in the Ysaÿe International Festival in Brussels. Though his…
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Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major, 1st Movement – Played by Pierre Fournier
…after suffering from polio at the age of nine. Fournier made great progress on the cello, studying at the Paris Conservatoire under Paul Bazelaire and Anton Hekking. Graduating at seventeen,…
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Allegro Moderato from Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D
…cello after switching from piano. Graduating from the Paris Conservatoire at age seventeen, Fournier was praised for his virtuosity and bowing skills. He was considered “the cellist of the future”…
