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Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunPremiered in Paris in December of 1894, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was inspired by L'Apres-midi d'un…
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The Moldau, My CountryBedrich Smetana used the 19th century popular form of a symphonic tone poem to musically demonstrate his love of country, and the…
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Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)This music written in 1978 has a beautiful simplicity that instantly captures the attention. Pärt calls this…
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Messiah"When he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.” - Mozart on HandelDespite opera being frowned upon during Lent, people still found a way to enjoy…
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Canon and Gigue in DCould German baroque composer Johann Pachelbel have realized that such a simple little piece, one of hundreds that he wrote, would…
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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, EroicaIn Italian it means,”Heroic.” Beethoven was serious. It was the longest, most sweeping and confrontational symphony of its…
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1812 Overture?You’ve heard it on the Fourth of July with canons and fireworks. Tchaikovsky worked on his famous overture in the fall 1880 on commission to…
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Boléro ?Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel that’s remarkable for many reasons. There’s not a single written crescendo or tempo…
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Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K 550One of three symphonies composed by Mozart in 1788, No. 40 was written at a dark time in Mozart’s life, when the…
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Finlandia, Op. 26Finlandia is probably one of the most widely known of all of the works by Jean Sibelius. The original music was part of a larger work,…