Orchestra

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   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…

   October 10, 2018

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   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…

   September 20, 2018

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   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…

   September 8, 2018

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   Traditional

   Majestic heart of the ancient Gamelan orchestra

   Gamelan is the term used for a traditional musical ensemble in Indonesia, typically refering to a percussion orchestra…

   August 28, 2018

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   Flute

   Forest ranger's son fled home to reform the operatic world

   Christoph Willibald Gluck was a revolutionary who moved the courtly genre of opera to the way beyond the narrow limits…

   August 26, 2018

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   Florida orange plantations cultivated an overlooked English composer

   Frederick Delius (1862–1934) was one of the most distinctive composers in the revival of English music at the end of…

   August 19, 2018

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   Things Lost In The Fire: Norwegian folk of Geirr Tveitt

   The very mindful application of folk music to classical during the early 20th century became a global trend since every…

   August 11, 2018

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   Trombone

   Moonlight Serenade got its name to contrast the sun

   Glenn Miller, American big band leader, composer, and trombonist, is considered the primary musical symbol of the World…

   August 8, 2018

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   'English Dances' creator was fascinated by jazz in youth

   Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921–2006), British composer and conductor, has an impressive body of work to his name,…

   August 4, 2018

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    'Mysterious Mountain' creator was not thrilled with its popularity

    American composer Alan Hovhaness is perhaps most known for his work Mysterious Mountain, or Symphony No.2, which proved…

    July 29, 2018

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    Trumpet

    Forgotten German composer behind the shift from Baroque to Classical

    Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) was the leader of the transitional period from late Baroque to early Classical in…

    July 28, 2018

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    Violin

    Belated appreciation for the history-making Florence Price

    The modern rediscovery of the little-known African-American composer Florence Price only began in 2009, when a large…

    July 22, 2018

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    Piano

    Influential music teacher Nadia Boulanger considered her music worthless

    Juliette Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) was conductor, composer, and one of the most influential teachers of musical…

    July 20, 20181 comment

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    Modern jazz trumpet for gifted Mozart scholar

    Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) was an Austrian composer and outstanding virtuoso pianist during the transition…

    July 15, 2018

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    Obscured by Vivaldi, an Italian virtuoso found fans in England

    Francesco Saverio Geminiani—influential Italian violinist, composer, and theorist—was born in 1687 in the scenic town…

    July 14, 2018

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    The most performed contemporary composer grew up with Bob Marley music

    Jennifer Higdon is a contemporary composer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Awards. According to a recent…

    July 9, 2018

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    Alessandro Scarlatti: Italian opera innovator was lost in history for two centuries

    Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) was among the most important Italian composers of the late Baroque period. His huge…

    July 7, 2018

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    Im Sommerwind is an atypical work of the typical modernist composer

    Austrian composer Anton Webern rose to fame as a member of the Second Viennese School, a prominent movement known for…

    July 1, 2018

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    Romeo and Juliet eclipsed by the tragic beauty of Chinese Butterfly Lovers

    The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is one of the best known classical orchestra pieces in China, though a vast…

    June 30, 2018

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    Trumpet

    Nameless trumpet sonata credited to Purcell after years of debate

    Henry Purcell, the most prominent English figure of the Baroque era, covered a wide field of genres, producing music…

    June 24, 2018

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    Mother of film score genre learned music through BBC radio broadcasts

    Doreen Mary Carwithen, also known as Mary Alwyn, was the first student to be selected from the Royal Academy to join an…

    June 23, 2018

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    The true soul behind Elgar's Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, originally titled Variations on an Original Theme, is famous for its mysterious name,…

    June 17, 2018

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    The lively nature of A Color Symphony emerged from the Great War horrors

    A Colour Symphony, dedicated to the legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult, was the first major orchestral work by the…

    June 16, 2018

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    English Idyll through the eyes of the Lost Generation hero

    Promising English composer George Butterworth appeared to show no interest in writing symphonic music, instead…

    June 10, 2018

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    Dvorak's string serenade is a mirror of his blissful years

    For Antonin Dvořák, 1875 was a grand time for both creative productivity and wholesome family life. The birth of his…

    June 9, 2018

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    Famous harp masterpiece was created to show off a new instrument

    François-Adrien Boieldieu's output of instrumental music was initially meager and virtually ceased once he became one…

    June 3, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Comic 'Italienische Serenade' was the end of Hugo Wolf

    The inspiration for the Italian Serenade came to Hugo Wolf from the novella Leben eines Taugenichts by the German…

    June 2, 2018

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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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    Peter Grimes outdoor premiere at Benjamin Britten's home beach

    Despite reports that Benjamin Britten paced nervously at the back of the Sadler’s Wells Theatre when Peter Grimes first…

    May 19, 2018

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    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