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Patricia Janečková Performs Pastorella delle Alpi by Rossini
13-year-old Patricia Janeckova sings Gioachino Rossini’s “Pastorella delle Alpi,” from the song cycle “Soirées Musicales.”…
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
…from a family of notaries. He was the seventh of eleven children. Rameau learned music at home from his father. Although he was sent to Jesuit College in Dijon, he…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…his father’s forestry work, and Gluck grew up in a modest household. Gluck displayed musical talent from early childhood. He attended the Jesuit college in Komotau (now Chomutov, Czech Republic),…
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Benjamin Britten
…his first pieces by the age of five. Encouraged by his mother, Britten grew up immersed in music and literature. He was educated at the Royal College of Music in…
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Vaughan Williams – Mass in G Minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor, performed by The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge….
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Mozart – Ave Verum
Mozart’s “Ave verum,” featuring The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, with Matthew Martin on organ and directed by Daniel Hyde….
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Blessed Are They That Fear the Lord – Henry Purcell
Purcell’s “Blessed Are They That Fear the Lord,” Z.5. Performed by Philip Ledger and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge….
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Percy Grainger
…teenage years. Education and Career In 1901, Grainger moved to London to further his studies at the Royal College of Music under Frederick Corder and others. It was during this…
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Full Perfomance of The Magic Flute – Mozart
Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), performed by the College of Charleston Opera in collaboration with the Charleston Symphony….
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Maurice Ravel
…Ravel had already made his mark as a gifted pianist, earning a place at France’s premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire. Paris Conservatoire and Musical Evolution At the Paris Conservatoire,…
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
…the age of 12, Rimsky-Korsakov was enrolled in the College of Naval Cadets in St. Petersburg. His family’s move to this culturally vibrant city opened up a new world of…
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Bach Cantata No. 115 – Bete Aber Auch Dabei
Bach aria from college voice recital.
