Neville Marriner

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Ave verum corpus: influential Mozart score for the crucial Catholic chant

Ave verum corpus is one of the best-known sacramental chants that originated in the Medieval period and has since been...
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Gabriel Faure's Pavane as the key to modern revival of early genre

The pavane—a slow processional dance of Italian origin—was quite common in Europe during the transition period from the...
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Capriol Suite: early dances arranged for modern orchestra by Peter Warlock

The Capriol Suite is one of the most popular works by the 20th century English composer Philip Arnold Heseltine who...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...