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Saint Saens’ The Swan on Theremin and Piano
Thomas Grillo performs Camille Saint Saen’s “The Swan” on the Moog Etherwave Pro theremin, with piano accompaniment by Kristian Banatzianou. The video is copyrighted 2008 and can be linked and…
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Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals, Part 3
Part 3 of Charles Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” includes sections featuring the cuckoo in the woods, bird house, pianists, and fossils. The symphony orchestra of Kreismusikschule im Kulturellen…
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Saint-Saens – The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
“Saint-Saens: The Swan (Le Cygne) is the thirteenth movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. It features a solo cello in tenor clef and two accompaniment pianos….
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Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre is a composition by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, first performed in 1875. It is based on a poem by Henri Cazalis, which explores the old French superstition of…
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Pachelbel Canon in D, Performed by Voices of Music
Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” performed by Voices of Music, accompanied by scrolling graphical and symbolic scores. Support their work on Patreon or download the sheet music from their website. The…
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Voices of Music Perform Pachelbel Canon in D Major on Period Instruments
…our channel for more amazing content! Support Voices of Music by donating at https://voicesofmusic.org/donate.html and check out our CDs available on various platforms. Enjoy the soundtrack at http://tinyurl.com/PachelbelVideo featuring Katherine…
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Domenico Scarlatti
…Venice in 1704. In Venice, Scarlatti encountered the musical genius of George Frederic Handel and Irishman Thomas Roseingrave. This interaction with international talents broadened his musical horizons. Roseingrave, in particular,…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
…a happy one. The couple had six children, of whom only two survived infancy: Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver Wolfgang, who later became a minor composer himself. Despite the significant…
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Jules Massenet
…to study composition under the renowned opera composer, Ambroise Thomas. In 1863, at the tender age of 21, Massenet’s budding talent was recognized when he won the highly esteemed Prix…
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Henry Purcell
…from the very beginning. His father, a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, sang at King Charles II’s coronation, and his uncle Thomas was a musician. His younger brother, Daniel, would…
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Samuel Barber
…Barber was accepted as a student at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Here, he studied piano, voice, and composition, distinguishing himself as a triple prodigy. His primary…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk – The Last Hope, Op. 16
Composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s piece “The Last Hope,” recorded by Leonard Pennario….