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Rossini – Semiramide Overture
Rene Leibowitz, a renowned conductor (1913-1972), was born in Warsaw and later moved to Paris. He had a passion for contemporary music and studied with Webern and Schoenberg. Known for…
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Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell was a noteworthy English composer of the Baroque era. Known for his exquisite operas, semi-operas, songs, and his substantial contributions to sacred music, Purcell’s compositions have resonated across…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
…a dramatic turn. A scandal involving an alleged affair with a student at the Oakland Female Seminary in California forced him to leave the United States. Despite his denial of…
