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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
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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George Frederick Handel’s Messiah wasn’t written for Christmas — it was first performed in April. Hear some other pieces of classical music that traditionally get played during the Christmas season.
Claus is Coming to Town White Christmas The Messiah Silent Night O Come All
‚Cuando los compositores usan las canciones, danzas y ritmos folclóricos de su paÃs para pintar cuadros musicales de lugares y leyendas locales, se llama nacionalismo musical. Escucha cómo compositores como […]
Which Spanish composer wrote all his music in Braille, after losing his sight as
There are many women composers these days, and this program introduces some of them: Caroline Shaw, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Lera Auerbach, Kaija Saariaho, Chen Yi, Jennifer Higdon, Libby […]
Leyendas, An Andean Walkabout: Coqueteos Vespers for a New Dark Age: “Come On All
Lt. Kijé is the story of an imaginary soldier, created when the Russian Tsar misread a smudged name on a list of his men. Everyone around the Tsar was too […]
He gets married and become a hero — all on paper.
In celebration of the Christmas season, some classical compositions that have Christmas carols in them.
opens with a French carol called The March of the Kings Silent Night O Come All
In celebration of the Christmas season, some classical compositions that have Christmas carols in them.
opens with a French carol called The March of the Kings Silent Night O Come All
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Eventually, the polonaise caught on all over Europe, and even migrated to America
