Composer

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   Cello

   The lost Haydn concerto was found among the Czech castle documents

   Cello Concerto in C demonstrates the many facets that are unique to the cello only, from growling low chords to sweet…

   May 20, 20181 comment

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   Harp

   The Celtic Baroque roots of Stairway to Heaven

   Irish musician Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) is considered to be a pioneer in blending court music of the Baroque era…

   May 14, 20186 comments

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   Orchestra

   Famous Sibelius piece was commissioned for a plywood mill anniversary

   Jean Sibelius originally wrote Andante Festivo for a string quartet which was later made all the more luscious when he…

   May 13, 2018

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   Viola

   Indecent Ciaconne dance came from the New World and swept Europe off its feet

   Chaconne or Ciaconne is a fiery dance popularized in Spain in 17th century which later gave birth to a new musical form…

   May 12, 2018

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   Songwriter

   The rock'n'roll wave overshadowed Lazybones writer

   Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, singer, pianist, and actor who wrote quite a few songs that ended up…

   May 11, 2018

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   Classical Guitar

   Swiss-made prelude gifted to Segovia was never played by him

   Andrés Segovia had one of the longest and most distinguished careers in the history of Western music. In his lifetime,…

   May 9, 2018

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   Big band

   Take 'A' train jazz standard originated from Duke Ellington's letter

   Take the 'A' Train is a Billy Strayhorn composition that became a signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and is…

   May 8, 2018

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   Orchestra

   Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

   Fontane di Roma is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916. It depicts Rome’s…

   May 6, 2018

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   Orchestra

   Saint-Saëns' French horn Romance in hand-free performance

   Camille Saint-Saëns was an anomaly among French composers of the 19th century due to his proficiency in writing for all…

   May 5, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Bacheler's unusually bright lute music depicts Queen Anne of Denmark

    Daniel Bacheler (1572-1619) was an English lutenist and composer. Details of his life were obscure until Anne Batchelor…

    May 2, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Grieg's exquisite Norwegian cocktail of mountains, forests and sea

    Edvard Grieg composed the large body of his music surrounded by the scenic landscapes of the Hardanger fjord. Grieg's…

    April 29, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Flow, My Tears found popularity after John Dowland gave it lyrics

    Originally composed as an instrumental theme, the lute song Flow, My Tears was created by the English Renaissance…

    April 28, 2018

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    Sport

    Piazzolla's bandoneón played vital part in the worldwide tango music revival

    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Argentinian composer known for his brilliant tangos, naturally played bandoneón, the most…

    April 27, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Thomas Morley's legacy in English Renaissance tradition

    The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as the father of the English madrigal…

    April 24, 2018

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    Songwriter

    Ellington's classic song established swing as a jazz form

    It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills,…

    April 23, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Gustav Holst's famous folk suite was dedicated to his students

    Gustavus Theodore von Holst, a highly original and inventive composer, was born in England in 1874. Holst was appointed…

    April 22, 2018

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    Orchestra

    The misty seascape embodied in Mendelssohn's surging overture

    The Hebrides, also called Hebrides Overture or Overture to the Lonely Isle, is an orchestra piece by Felix Mendelssohn,…

    April 21, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    The scent of magnolia permeating Joaquin Rodrigo's concerto

    It may come as a revelation that Joaquin Rodrigo wasn’t a guitarist, despite his contributions to the guitar repertoire…

    April 19, 2018

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    Wind Ensemble

    Mozart's rewritten serenade inspired by street musicians

    The Serenade in E-flat major exists in two versions: a sextet of two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns, and an…

    April 15, 2018

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    Oboe

    Corelli's famous violin piece rearranged for oboe three centuries later

    One of the seminal figures of early Baroque, Arcangelo Corelli, was the master of violin which supremacy in the…

    April 14, 2018

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    Lute

    Da Vinci's painting process depended on music

    Leonardo Da Vinci was a master of many skills: architecture, astronomy, painting, sculpture, mathematics, anatomy,…

    April 13, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Defining Gershwin rhapsody was conceived on a train trip

    Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most performed of all American concert pieces, and its opening clarinet glissando is the…

    April 12, 2018

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    Classical Guitar

    Folk dances illuminate the heritage of Gaspar Sanz, the Baroque guitar maestro

    Composer, guitarist, organist and priest, Gaspar Sanz studied at the University of Salamanca, where he was later…

    April 11, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Beethoven was inspired by Goethe’s rhythmic poetry

    From 1809 to 1810, Beethoven composed the overture to Goethe’s play Egmont, depicting the life of the count of Egmont,…

    April 8, 2018

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    Cello

    The surviving pearl of Mademoiselle Paradis, contemporary of Mozart

    Maria Theresia von Paradis was a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. She achieved significant glory as both a composer…

    April 7, 2018

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    Trumpet

    First solo trumpet piece in history belongs to German multi-instrumentalist

    The Concerto in D major for trumpet, violins, and basso continuo, is a shiny eight-minute work composed by Georg…

    April 1, 2018

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    Film

    Paul Reade: the man behind the fresh sound of Jane Eyre

    Paul Reade was an English composer of last century. He worked on the BBC TV in the '60s, becoming the pianist and…

    March 28, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Beethoven's Romances uncover his staggering violin skills

    Beethoven was a very skillful violinist. Although not a proficient musician, he possessed a deep passion for and…

    March 27, 2018

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    Choir

    Josquin des Prez: pioneer in the Franco-Flemish School of music

    Josquin des Prez was the leading architect of the point of imitation style, in which a motif introduced in one voice is…

    March 25, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Brandenburg Concerto dedicated to the king's brother was never played at Brandenburg court

    The Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach are considered an example from the new era of masterful…

    March 24, 2018