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Händel’s Royal Fireworks Overture, Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic
Get the EPIC ORCHESTRA’s Georg Friedrich Händel: Royal Fireworks Overture [City of Prague Philharmonic] album, including Royal Fireworks and Ma Vlast, for just $8.99 at emhclassicalmusic.bandcamp.com. Like Facebook.com/EMHClassicalMusic for more…
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America’s First Orchestra
At precisely 8 o’clock on a December evening in New York City, the iconic notes of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony kicked off the first performance of the first season of the…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…Dresden and subsequently Vienna. Revolutionizing Opera In the 1750s, Gluck began to grow dissatisfied with the constraints of traditional opera seria. Influenced by the Enlightenment ideals of clarity, simplicity, and…
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…backdrop of Beethoven’s formative years was Bonn, a city vibrant with musical and intellectual activity. Here, Beethoven received his initial musical education, which was marked by both conventional teachings and…
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Samuel Barber
…103 songs, publishing exclusively with G. Schirmer, Inc. His works spanned a variety of genres, including orchestral pieces, operas, ballets, and choral works. The essence of Barber’s music lies in…
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Joseph Haydn
…Vienna, a city that would play a significant role in his musical journey. However, when his voice broke at the age of 16, Haydn found himself ousted from the choir…
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Georg Philipp Telemann
…time. The city of Leipzig witnessed his first major opera, Germanicus, along with several other compositions. Courtly Appointments and Personal Tragedies In 1705, Telemann was appointed as the Kapellmeister for…
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, 2nd Movement
P. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 performed by the Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic” under conductor Dmitri Jurowski at Moscow International House of Music, Svetlanov Hall on March 10,…
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Philip Martin Performs The Banjo by Gottschalk
Irish pianist Philip Martin performs “The Banjo” by Gottschalk in Mexico City….
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From Village to Concert Hall: The Journey of Folk Melodies
…conduit for passing down stories, wisdom, and values across generations. Characteristics of Folk Music Characterized by simplicity and directness, folk music often utilizes traditional instruments and is marked by melodies…
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
…of the Baroque style to the simplicity of the Classicism. He was the second surviving son of the legendary Johann Sebastian Bach and his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach. Early…
