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Stravinsky – The Rake’s Progress
Enjoy Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” on DVD and Blu-ray from Opus Arte. This acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival production, with designs by David Hockney and directed by John Cox, brings the Hogarth…
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Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture
…even called “his name is his eulogy” after his death. Telemann showed signs of talent from an early age but was pushed by his family to study law. However, he…
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Henry Purcell
…successor. It was during these formative years that Purcell honed his skills, becoming a proficient keyboard player and showing early signs of his compositional genius. Career Beginnings Purcell’s career took…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
…him with rigorous musical training when he was just five years old. Mozart quickly showed signs of surpassing his father’s teachings, composing his first pieces, a small Andante (K. 1a)…
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Igor Stravinsky
…Stravinsky, a renowned operatic bass, and Anna, a talented pianist, cultivated a musically rich environment at home. Stravinsky began piano lessons at the tender age of nine, showing early signs…
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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…Loss Ludwig van Beethoven first began to experience signs of hearing loss around the age of 26, marked by a distressing ringing and buzzing in his ears. By 1800, when…
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America’s First Orchestra
…society, we would recommend that attempts be made to let the business of each night go as regularly as clock-work, not allowing any signs of confusion; and that the members…
