Legends, op. 59, nos. 1 – 5 Antonin Dvo?ák (1841-1904) Unlike many great composers, Antonin Dvo?ák did not spring from musical roots (his father was a butcher) Dvo?ák’s earliest musical […]
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RUSSIAN EASTER OVERTURE, op. 36 NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov was the youngest son of an aristocratic family Korsakov) that had years earlier added Rimsky, place-name of their region, to
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Academic Festival Overture. Op. 80 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Although commonly regarded as one of the grand masters (exalted along with Bach and Beethoven as the famous “Three B’s”), Brahms actually
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KONZERTSTÜCK FOR FOUR HORNS AND ORCHESTRA, OP.86 ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Horn concerti. In the early golden age for the instrument Mozart wrote four wonderful works that have become the standard
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“BACCHANALE” FROM SAMSON AND DELILAH CAMILLE SMNT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Late in the nineteenth century a young French composer came to the attention of the eminent Hector Berlioz, who quipped that “the
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