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Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era
…testament to his unrivaled skill as a composer. Comprised of six distinct concertos, each featuring a different combination of instruments and musical forms, the Brandenburg Concertos are a masterclass in…
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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…the listener inside the viola section, which turns a class on orchestration into a class on acoustics. Even old “new” instruments have reentered the conversation. Read about the ondes Martenot…
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Giovanni Gabrieli
…and Early Career In the mid-1570s, Gabrieli traveled to Munich to study with the acclaimed composer Orlando de Lassus at the court of Duke Albert V. This period exerted a…
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Claude Debussy
…in the small French town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He was the eldest of five children in a working-class family. His father, Manuel-Achille Debussy, worked as a salesman and ran a local…
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Johann Pachelbel
…and Education Johann Pachelbel was born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1653 into a middle-class family. His father, Johann (Hans) Pachelbel, was a wine dealer, and his mother was Anna Maria…
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Samuel Barber
…middle-class family in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His parents, Marguerite McLeod Beatty and physician Samuel Leroy Barber, nurtured a household that valued education and culture. While Barber’s father was a doctor,…
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Beethoven’s Appassionata – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57
Valentina Lisitsa performed a rehearsal run of Beethoven’s “Appassionata” piano sonata in Vienna’s Musikverein. Her first-class playing explored both the intimate and Olympian heights of the piece, with the highlight…
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Eliot Fisk Plays Bach on Guitar
Eliot Fisk plays Bach on Carla Kelly’s rare “Stellar Class” guitar at a casual get-together in 2006….
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Bach Piano Lesson Preview 14 – 16: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Learn Bach Piano with Anthony Newman. Private lessons by world-class musicians from Juilliard, NY Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera. http://mucony.com
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Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C Major
…a master class for the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra, presenting Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C major. Learn more at http://www.youtube.com/symphony For more information: – Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall: http://www.digital-concert-hall.com…
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Mozart’s Horn Concerto in E Flat Major, K. 495
…Berliner Philharmoniker, presents Mozart’s Horn Concerto in a master class for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. Learn more at http://www.youtube.com/symphony. Find out about the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall at…
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John Bell Young Plays Debussy’s L’Isle Joyeuse
John Bell Young’s masterclass videos featuring DEBUSSY: L’ISLE JOYEUSE available for purchase at www.johnbellyoung.com/page-ordering.html….
