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Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique – March to the Scaffold, 4th Movement
LSO & Sir Simon Rattle perform the 4th movement of Berlioz’ masterpiece, Symphonie Fantastique….
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Classical Music for Funerals
…mood: in happiness, it emulates joy and freedom; and in sadness, it offers catharsis. 7. Frédéric Chopin – Funeral March The Funeral March, the third movement of Chopin‘s Piano Sonata…
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Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 5, Op. 23
…rondo structure, with a march-like opening section, a melancholic middle section, and a recapitulation of the march theme. Despite its bombastic nature, the prelude concludes on a softer note. OR…
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Edward Elgar
…Elgar. During this time, he composed some of his most expressive music, including the first four of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches. The first of these marches, subtitled “Land of…
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Johann Strauss I
…moniker of the Strauss Dynasty. Birth and Early Life Johann Strauss I was born on March 14, 1804, in the heart of the Austrian capital, Vienna. His parents, Franz Borgias…
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Märchen Aus Dem Orient, Op. 444 – Johann Strauss II
Strauss Jr.’s “Märchen aus dem Orient, Walzer” performed by Zubin Mehta and Wiener Philharmoniker….
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Schumann – Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Matthew Lipman & Gilles Vonsattel play Schumann’s Märchenbilder (or “Fairy Tale Pictures”)….
