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Aaron Copland
…musical venues and publishers. Despite the financial challenges, he managed to sustain himself through lecture-recitals, commissions, teaching, writing, and personal loans. His compositions in the early 1920s mirrored the prevalent…
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From Village to Concert Hall: The Journey of Folk Melodies
…of Folk Music Over the centuries, folk music has undergone a remarkable evolution, mirroring the changes in the cultures it originates from. In early forms, it was primarily an oral…
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Classical Music for Funerals
…most popular work for solo violin, The Lark Ascending, is a goosebump-inducing piece of music. This elegant musical depiction of a bird’s flight has a remarkable capacity to mirror one’s…
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Franz Schubert
…work, marked by original melodic and harmonic compositions, has inspired and influenced countless composers, including Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. Schubert’s profound understanding of the lyrical beauty mirrored…
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…and personal life. He withdrew from performing and limited his social interactions, relying on written conversations to communicate. This isolation is mirrored in his music; for instance, his once lively…
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New Dawn – Anoushka Shankar’s Live Performance
…with clarinet, South‑Asian percussion, drum‑kit and upright bass, blending Indian classical phrasing with jazz‑inflected improvisation. Cinematic treatment: Director Ali Clifton and cinematographer Jack Maddison used roaming Steadicam shots to mirror…
