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He wrote 21 dances in all. The most famous one is the Hungarian Dance No. 5.
He wrote 21 dances in all. The most famous one is the Hungarian Dance No. 5.
Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven are known as the „Three B’s“ of classical music. Brahms always knew that he wanted to be a composer — by the time he was six, […]
Brahms composed music in almost all musical forms except: concerto piano sonata
The polonaise is a dance that was fashionable in the Polish court. Since Polish nobility used to like to speak French, the name „polonaise“ is French. Eventually, the polonaise caught […]
Eventually, the polonaise caught on all over Europe, and even migrated to America
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„In The Hall of the Mountain King“ is part of the incidental music Edvard Grieg wrote for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. Hear the story of the play as you […]
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Trinity Le, CFK Intern Molly Stanford, DMA student and soon-to-be graduate at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, joins us today to talk about Clara Schumann. She was a piano child […]
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to feel than to hear, and serves as a contrast to the heroic themes, which are all
A. Kori Hill If you are taking private music lessons, your teacher probably has you playing lots of scales. Real talk: that was my least favorite thing to play. I […]
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy. He wrote his first symphony when he was eight, but actually started composing at the age of five. In this show, hear about […]
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For some reason, Beethoven has been the butt of many musical jokes over the years. You can find Beethoven references everywhere from disco, to the Beatles, to the Broadway musical.
During World War II, British public radio started all news bulletins with the first