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Pictures at an ExhibitionThe ten movement suite for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition, by Modest Mussorgsky was written as a memorial to the…
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Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, PastoralCompleted in 1808, the 6th symphony is one of the few works in Beethoven's output that has explicit references…
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A German Requiem, Op. 45Unlike the typical Latin text of the Roman Catholic requiems, or masses for the dead, Johannes Brahms chose verses from the German…
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Concierto de AranjuezThe inspiration for the title of Rodrigo's most well known work comes from the Palace and its surrounding gardens in Aranjuez, Spain.…
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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565One of the most famous works in the reperoire of the organ, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, of J.S. Bach…
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Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, Symphony of Sorrowful SongsPolish composer Henryk Górecki composed his 3rd symphony between October and December of 1976. The…
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Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64This Violin Concerto was the last major orchestral work completed by Mendelssohn and premiered in 1845. Mendelssohn used the…
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Fanfare for the Common ManCopland composed the Fanfare in 1942 at the request of the Cincinnati Sympony Orchestra's conductor Eugene Goossens. The piece's…
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisBritish composer Ralph Vaughan Williams composed the Fantasia in 1910 on the melody of the hymn, "When, rising from…
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58While composers premiering their own works is something of a rarity today, the practice was standard in the early…