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  • Béla Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 4th Movement

    Béla Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, 4th Movement

    …percussion instruments, supporting two string choirs. This composition highlights Bartók’s exploration of percussive elements on the piano, similar to his Piano Concerto No. 1. Overall, “Music for Strings, Percussion and…

  • Andante Festivo by Jean Sibelius, Played by Tempera String Quartet

    Andante Festivo by Jean Sibelius, Played by Tempera String Quartet

    Andante Festivo by Jean Sibelius, originally written for string quartet, performed by the Tempera String Quartet.

  • Emerson String Quartet Performs Mendelssohn’s Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

    Emerson String Quartet Performs Mendelssohn’s Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

    The Emerson String Quartet filmed a documentary while recording Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20. Their album, MENDELSSOHN: THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS, won 2 Grammy Awards, including Best Chamber…

  • Boccherini String Quartet in D Major, Op. 15, No. 1

    Boccherini String Quartet in D Major, Op. 15, No. 1

    String Quartet in D Major, G. 177 by Alea Ensemble from the album “Boccherini: 6 String Quartets, Op. 15” released on April 15, 2022….

  • How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer

    How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer

    …especially when traditional hearing became almost non-existent. Beethoven’s late compositions, such as the last five string quartets and piano sonatas, were crafted during a period of near-total deafness. These works…

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    …and Education Jean-Philippe Rameau was born into a musical family on September 25, 1683, in Dijon, France. His father, Jean Rameau, was an organist, and his mother, Claudine Demartinécourt, came…

  • Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss

    Early Life and Education Richard Georg Strauss was born on June 11, 1864, in Munich, Germany, into a musical family. His father, Franz Strauss, was a renowned horn player in…

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hector Berlioz

    …flute and guitar since there was no piano in the family home. Despite his love for music, his father pressured him to study medicine. At the age of nineteen, Berlioz…

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Jacques Offenbach

    …and Arthur Sullivan. Early Life and Musical Beginnings Born on June 20, 1819, in Cologne, Prussia, Jacques Offenbach, originally named Jacob Offenbach, hailed from a deeply musical family. His father,…

  • Georges Bizet

    Georges Bizet

    Born into a family of musicians, Georges Bizet was a French composer whose music has become synonymous with the romantic era. Despite a life cut short by an early death,…

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    …Mendelssohn was the son of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn. He hailed from a notable Jewish family, with his grandfather being the esteemed philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. However, the family converted to…

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Frédéric Chopin

    …Warsaw (now Poland). His father, Nicholas, was a French émigré who was working as a bookkeeper, and his mother, Justyna, was a relative of the Skarbeks, a prominent Polish family….