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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Widor - Organ Symphony No. 5 In F Minor, Opus 42

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The meaning of a word or phrase can change over time, with the word symphony  being an example.  A word with Greek roots, the meaning with...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Alkan - 25 Preludes, Opus 31

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As the word implies, the musical prelude began as a extemporized piece that acted as an introduction to another work, most of them for key...
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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 ...