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Miriam K. Smith Plays Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 – 3rd Movement
Miriam K. Smith, cello, performs the 3rd movement of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G Minor Op. 19 with pianist Sandra Wright Shen. The Andante movement was recorded during a commercial…
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
…the playwright Molière, composing incidental music for his theatrical productions. This collaboration was highly successful and produced several notable works, including the comedy-ballets “Le Mariage Forcé” (1664) and “Le Bourgeois…
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Joseph Haydn
…music scene he would later dominate. His father, Mathias Haydn, a wheelwright, and his mother Maria Haydn, née Koller, a cook, were not musically educated. However, they nurtured a love…
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Complete Score – J.B. Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, LWV 43
“Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” was a 1670 comedy-ballet, written by the playwright Moliere with J.B. Lully composing the music….
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Flop or Masterpiece? Ten Classical Works That Made a Comeback
…playwright Lillian Hellman too serious for the production. The premiere was a flop, running for only two months. In time, subsequent producers recognized the potential of the work, and with…
