Composer

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   Orchestra

   Сontemporary orchestration of early Italian music by Bruno Maderna

   Bruno Maderna was an outstanding Italian conductor and composer whose music was mostly associated with avant-garde and…

   January 22, 2020

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   Classical Guitar

   The guitar caprices of Luigi Legnani imbued with famous Paganini works

   Luigi Legnani was a guitar composer whose most active years coincided with the rise of the Romantic period which was…

   January 15, 2020

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   Film

   Symphonic scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold established new standards in the film industry

   Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian pianist and composer whose contribution to film music has actually set the…

   January 1, 2020

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   Violin

   Ernest Chausson as the first promoter of nascent impressionism

   Ernest Chausson was a composer who, despite his rather humble body of work, still played a crucial role in the history…

   December 29, 2019

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   Orchestra

   The first English musical criticism written by Charles Avison argued that music evokes purely positive emotions

   The fascination with the innermost working of the human mind and the nature of its response to certain triggers have…

   December 18, 2019

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   Classical Guitar

   Anton Diabelli: prolific composer and arranger excelled in publishing guitar and piano music for beginners

   Anton Diabelli was an Austrian composer best known during the early Romantic period for his work as a music publisher…

   December 11, 20191 comment

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   Organ

   Organ symphonies by Louis Vierne, an eminent maestro of Notre Dame de Paris

   Louis Vierne was an outstanding musician, teacher and composer of organ music who for almost 40 years held the…

   November 27, 20192 comments

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   Orchestra

   The Skaters' Waltz: subtle harmonies of romantic dance music by Emile Waldteufel

   Les Patineurs Valse or the Skaters' Waltz is arguably the most famous of Émile Waldteufel's works. A late Romantic…

   November 24, 2019

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   Orchestra

   Nicola Porpora: operatic composer made history as a music teacher of Haydn and Farinelli

   Nicola Porpora was an Italian composer of the late Baroque period whose operas brimmed with an excellent orchestral…

   November 17, 20191 comment

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    Collaboration

    Marius Neset and London Sinfonietta: saxophone accompanied by world-class orchestra acquainted classical harmony with jazz rhythms

    The intriguing cross-genre collaboration between the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Marius Neset and the London Sinfonietta…

    November 13, 2019

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    Classical Guitar

    Dionisio Aguado's guitar method and tripodison guitar stand have been in use for 200 years

    Dionisio Aguado y García was a Spanish composer who laid the foundations of modern performing techniques on classical…

    November 10, 20194 comments

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    Percussion

    First ever composition for solo percussion by Edgard Varèse ionized Zappa to choose a career in music

    Edgard Varèse was one of the most innovative composers of the 20th century who not only developed his own concept of…

    October 30, 20191 comment

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    Orchestra

    Abdelazer: Purcell's suite for the failed play gained popularity thanks to Britten's arrangement for children

    Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge, is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn who is considered to be one of the first known English…

    October 27, 2019

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    Piano

    Ferruccio Busoni as a great piano transcriber of Bach's keyboard music

    Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian pianist, composer and theoretical writer whose creative period fell on the transitional…

    October 13, 20191 comment

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    Classical Guitar

    Ferdinando Carulli: the Parisian sensation and décacorde guitar inventor

    Ferdinando Carulli was among the most influential Italian guitarists whose music, textbooks, and instrument design…

    October 9, 20192 comments

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    Violin

    Devil's Trill Sonata: Giuseppe Tartini was unable to recreate Lucifer's music played in his dream

    Despite its ominous title, the Devil's Trill Sonata is a gentle and peaceful Baroque piece for solo violin accompanied…

    October 6, 2019

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    Saxophone

    Pixinguinha: Brazilian saxophonist who established choro music as a pop genre

    Pixinguinha, born Alfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr., was an iconic figure in Brazilian popular music who defined its new…

    September 26, 2019

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    Nature Sounds

    Cantus Arcticus: bird calls arranged for orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara were taped in Northern Finland

    Cantus Arcticus is a three-part orchestral work created by the eminent Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara with the…

    September 22, 20191 comment

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    Orchestra

    The Flower Duet of Lakmé: the love drama of an Indian girl and a British soldier made airborne

    The Flower Duet is a famous operatic duet which popularity has spread far beyond interests of classical music audience…

    September 18, 2019

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    Poetry

    Zefiro Torna: famous madrigal by Monteverdi lauds the west wind that brings spring

    Originating in the 14th century as a poetic form, the madrigal is a short poem of lyrical content. During the…

    September 11, 2019

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    Orchestra

    Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage

    The glass armonica is one of many curious instruments that came into use with small ensembles during the transition…

    September 3, 20191 comment

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    Vihuela

    Orphénica Lyra: the largest collection of vihuela music introduced by Miguel de Fuenllana

    Vihuela is a Renaissance-era musical instrument similar to a modern mini guitar. It is believed that the first vihuelas…

    August 31, 2019

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    Piano

    Spanish motifs contributed by Emmanuel Chabrier to the rise of Impressionism in France

    Emmanuel Chabrier was a French composer of the Romantic era whose legal career forced him to study and write music…

    August 21, 20191 comment

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    Mandolin

    Jacob do Bandolim: amateur musician who instilled mandolin fashion throughout America

    Jacob Pick Bittencourt, nicknamed Jacob do Bandolim or Mandolin Jacob, was a Brazilian musician and composer working in…

    August 18, 2019

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    Choir

    Mass in B minor: how to separate original scores of J.S. Bach from his son's later edits?

    The Mass in B minor is one of the latest works of J.S. Bach in which he set a liturgical Latin text to music. Clocking…

    August 13, 2019

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    Koto

    First compositions for koto presented out of court by Yatsuhashi Kengyō in the 17th century

    Yatsuhashi Kengyō was a 17th-century Japanese composer who created a new concept of koto music, introducing the…

    August 11, 2019

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    Technologies

    Pianola: the reproducing piano as the first Hi-Fi player and preservation capsule for recitals on piano rolls

    Long before the recording era, mankind was already looking for ways to play music automatically. The earliest known…

    August 3, 20191 comment

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    Classical Guitar

    Serenata Española by Joaquim Malats: the piano piece that conquered guitar world

    Serenata Española, written by Spanish piano virtuoso Joaquim Malats, has been the most popular work among guitarists…

    July 31, 2019

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    Manuscript

    Rich music collection of the Trecento times recovered from Florentine palimpsest

    It is difficult to imagine, in the current digital world, the serious difficulties associated with recording any…

    July 23, 2019

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    Orchestra

    The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic

    The love story of Shakuntala is first mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit epic of the Mahābhārata which could be traced…

    July 17, 2019