The Music of Poetry: Chopin’s Polish Songs
Frédéric Chopin was not only one of the greatest pianists the world had ever known, he also left us the finest body of music for his instrument. The so-called “poet of the piano” left us with nearly 250 fabulous works, including sonatas, nocturnes, études, concertos, and more. As a composer primarily associated with the piano, it is not surprising that his songs have often been overlooked. As a musicologist writes...Continue Reading...
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Jakob Ludwig Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
November 4, 1847, the romantic composer Jakob Ludwig Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy died aged only 38. Mostly known for his symphonies, he was also a brilliant composer of concerts, sonatas and overtures.
Franck sent his Trios to Mendelssohn and had an exchange of correspondence with him on that matter.
He replied to Franck and, about the Trios, he expressed his will to tell him what he liked of them and what he would have liked to find instead. Mendelssohn also wrote that everything he would like to say to Franck, he would need to tell it in person, since by letter he would not be able to explain his mind even by writing in his own language (Mendelssohn wrote to Franck in French), ...and this is curious, since Franck should have been fluent in German too.
Giacomo Puccini
(December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924)
was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late-Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in traditional late-19th-century Romantic Italian opera he later developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin
Simon Stålenhag
Simon Stålenhag (born 20 January 1984) is a Swedish artist, musician, and designer specialising in retro-futuristic digital images focused on nostalgic Swedish countryside alternate history environments.[1] The settings of his artwork have formed the basis for the 2020 Amazon television drama series Tales from the Loop.
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Alessandra Celletti plays Erik Satie's "Gnossienne no. 1"
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Gustav Mahler
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Rosalyn Tureck - J.S.Bach: Well tempered clavier
This video is all about how critical both composer's style of composition organization and instrument are to understanding interpretation and performance.
Discover This! 5 Pieces by Lukas Foss
In 1933, Foss went to Paris where he studied piano with Lazare Lévy as well as composition with Noël Gallon, orchestration with Felix Wolfes, and flute with Louis Moyse. He remained in Paris until 1937, when he moved with his family to the USA, continuing his musical instruction at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In addition, he studied conducting with Serge Koussevitzky during the summers from 1939 to 1943 at the Berkshire Music Center. He also studied composition with Paul Hindemith as a special student at Yale from 1939 to 1940.
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