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Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony No. 4 – Violin Master Class with Helmut Mebert
The Berliner Philharmoniker supports the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, aiming to work with young musicians and bring classical music to a global audience. Learn more at http://www.youtube.com/symphony. Check out the Berliner…
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George Frideric Handel
…his career, giving him the opportunity to compose his first opera, Almira. Italian Sojourn Intrigued by Italian music styles, Handel embarked on an Italian grand tour in 1706. He composed…
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Exploring Classical Music by Century: A Selection of Five Works from Each Era
…that celebrates England’s victory in the Battle of Agincourt. This piece showcases Dunstaple’s innovative approach to harmony and counterpoint. 4. Landini’s Ballate Francesco Landini was an Italian composer and poet…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…the Italian opera tradition. Career Beginnings in Italy Gluck’s first opera, Artaserse (1741), premiered in Milan and was well-received. Over the next decade, he composed numerous operas in the Italian…
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, universally known as Giuseppe Verdi, was one of the iconic figures in the sphere of 19th-century Italian opera. His notable body of work includes celebrated operas…
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The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini – Livermore Valley Opera
“The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) by Gioachino Rossini is a riotous comedy and considered one of the greatest Italian opera buffas ever written. The opera features memorable…
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
…the maturity of his compositional style. These works were characterized by freedom and variety of structural design, a departure from the formal antithesis that had become conventional with Italian school…
