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Monday, September 18, 2017

Chopin - Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Opus 23

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The history of the term ballad begins with a type of French medieval narrative song which was generally danced to. Ballet derives from the ...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Schubert - Four Impromptus D. 935 (Op. posth. 142)

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The word impromptu by definition implies something that is spontaneous, improvised. That definition does not really imply in music, for the...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Saint-Saëns - Rhapsody For Organ No. 3 From 'Three Rhapsodies On Folk Songs From Brittany', Opus 7

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Camille Saint-Saëns was an example of the consummate musician as he was a performer, conductor, composer and musicologist. Music was not his...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Beethoven - Rondo a Capriccio, Opus 129 'Rage Over A Lost Penny'

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Late in 1827 there was an auction held in the city of Vienna, Austria. Beethoven had died in the spring of that year, and his belongings wer...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Alkan - Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux Dans le Genre Pathétique, Opus 15

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Charles Alkan's set of piano pieces titled  Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux Dans le Genre Pathétique, Opus 15   (Three Pieces In The Pathetic ...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Albéniz - Iberia

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The music of Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz evolved from early pieces composed in a European Romantic salon style, to music quintessentially...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Sibelius - 6 Impromptus For Piano, Opus 5

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The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is most well known for his music for orchestra. The seven symphonies he composed from 1900-1924 remain in...