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Ilona Kabos Plays Excerpts from Liszt’s Weihnachtsbaum
Ilona Kabos, a British pianist born in Budapest in 1893 and died in London in 1973, played excerpts from Liszt’s “Weihnachtsbaum” (Christmas Tree) in her 1952 recording. She was a…
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Wei Xin Zhou Performs Petrouchka by Stravinsky
Chinese teen prodigy, Wei Xin Zhou, impresses at the 2007 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and performs “Petrouchka” by Igor Stravinsky in California….
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
…or music director, in Stuttgart from 1816 to 1818 and in Weimar from 1819 to 1837. During his time in Weimar, Hummel forged a close friendship with literary giants Goethe…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
…and the harpsichord. Career Beginnings and Travels Bach’s first professional engagement as a musician was at the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, where his versatile skills were put…
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Franz Liszt
…new chapter in his life began when he met Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Reformation of Musical Forms: The Weimar Years In 1848, Liszt accepted an invitation to settle in Weimar,…
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The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini – Livermore Valley Opera
…Berta, Robert Canning as Ambrosio, Kirk Eichelberger as Basilio, Russel Weinberger as Police Sergeant, and T.J. Pollard as Notary. Recorded in March 2019, the performance is presented by Livermore Valley…
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
…life and Education Born on March 8, 1714, in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Bach was baptized with the renowned musician Georg Philipp Telemann as his godfather. In 1723, after his family…
