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Saturday, November 18, 2017
Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Nos. 19 - 24
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After years of being copied out and passed from musician to musician, Bach's Well Tempered Clavier was published in 1801, almost 100 ye...
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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...
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