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  • The timeless tragedy of Molly Malone

    Not many songs can boast international recognition of being so deeply and fondly Irish the way Molly Malone does. Also...
  • A view from the Binnen-Amstel towards the Kloveniersburgwal by Jan Ekels

    Amsterdam's free spirit for the Italian virtuoso

    Pietro Locatelli (1695—1764), Italian violinist and composer, was one of the first great violinists who practiced...
  • Toru Takemitsu

    The unique music garden of Toru Takemitsu

    Widely considered to be the greatest composer in the classical music tradition in modern Japan, Toru Takemitsu merged...
  • Amir Khusraw Dihlavi - An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

    Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs

    Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. It is part of a musical tradition that stretches back...
  • Darmstadt um 1900

    German maestro ordered all his music to be set on fire

    Christoph Graupner (1683–1760) was one of the principal German composers of the period shared by J.S. Bach and Georg...
  • Sérgio and Eduardo Abreu

    The sorely short career of the Abreu brothers duo

    The brothers Sérgio and Eduardo Abreu were active during the 60’s and the early 70’s and are considered by many the best...
  • Midsummer Eve bonfire on Skagen's beach by P.S. Krøyer

    Swedish Rhapsody variations for electric guitar

    The painting Midsummer Eve bonfire on Skagen’s beach is a tribute to the artist colony in Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer...
  • The Corn Harvest by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

    The boundless Flemish heritage of Heinrich Isaac

    Heinrich Isaac (1450—1517) was a versatile and prolific Flemish composer of both secular and church music. He was a...
  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat by Redbubble

    Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical

    Vasant Rai (1942-1985) was one of the world's most acclaimed masters of Indian music. Born in Unjha, in the province of...
  • Sommernacht am Rhein by Christian Boettcher

    Sommernacht poem found its composer in a Swiss romantic after a century

    Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) was a remarkable Swiss composer during the first half of the twentieth century. In contrast...
  • Arturo Márquez

    Mariachi tradition and Cuban dances live in the informal hymn of Mexico

    Arturo Márquez was born in 1950, in Alamos, a town deeply immersed in the Sonoran desert. His father played the violin...
  • Il Pra'Della Valle a Padova by Canaletto

    Only 18 sonatas survived to be the only proof of the maestro's life

    Giovanni Battista Fontana was a composer and violinist in the early Baroque period. Unfortunately, only a couple of...
  • Carl Nielsen's Birthplace at Sortelung by Albert Nielsen

    National holiday as a birthday gift for Denmark's biggest composer

    Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931) was one of the major symphonists of the postromantic epoch and Denmark's most eminent...
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk

    Incredible stunts by the blind virtuoso influenced a whole generation

    Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played saxophone, flute, and over 40...
  • St. Stephen's Cathedral

    Classic textbook by great Austrian composer eclipsed his talent

    Johann Joseph Fux was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and teacher of the late Baroque era. He is most famous as...

  • CAN: from the mind of Czukay to the golden age of krautrock

    German band Can established themselves as pioneers of experimental avant-garde by seamlessly combining their influences...
  • Shiva Nataraja, Government Museum Chennai

    Malkauns night music was composed to tame Shiva's dance

    Malkauns is one of the oldest music pieces in North Indian tradition that equivalent to Hindolam raga of Carnatic...
  • Charles Trenet LP

    La Mer poem became an international hit after years of searching for a melody

    Charles Trenet was one of the most influential popular French songwriters in the mid-20th century.  A performer of...
  • The Marketplace in Naples During the Plague of 1656 by Micco Spadaro

    Neapolitan lutier died in terrible plague that destroyed the kingdom

    The worst disaster to strike the kingdom and city of Naples in the 1600s was the plague of 1656. The outbreak of the...
  • Aidan ORourke and Kit Downes

    Literary recital for fiddle and harmonium with British flavour

    A rare duo that brings together two of Britain's foremost folk and jazz artists was formed by a Scottish fiddler Aidan...

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