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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Handel - Messiah
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When Charles Jennens gave his libretto of Messiah to George Handel in 1741, he would have no idea that almost 300 years later the oratori...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Debussy - Nuit d'étoiles (Starry Night)
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Claude Debussy is most well known for his works written for piano solo. But he wrote around 55 songs for voice and piano throughout his ca...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Haydn - Symphony No. 47 In G Major Hob. I/47 'Palindrome'
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Joseph Haydn worked as a hand to mouth free-lance composer after he was dismissed as a chorister when his voice broke in 1749. His circumsta...
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Purcell - Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary
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The English-born Henry Purcell is part of a group of composers that made their mark in music and died before the age of 40, as he died at th...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Haydn - Symphony No. 44 In E Minor 'Trauer' Hob. I/44
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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 44 was written in 1772, and the nickname of the symphony translates to 'mourning'. The symphony ...
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Sunday, July 10, 2022
Mrs. H.H.A. Beach - 'Gaelic' Symphony In E Minor
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For most of the history of music, composing was essentially an exclusive male endeavor. Women could be performers, but mostly in drawing ro...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Alice Mary Smith - Symphony In C Minor
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In the 19th century, the only types of music considered suitable by the musical establishment (a male-exclusive entity) for women to write w...
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