Overture to “William Tell” Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1886) Gioacchino Rossini hardly fits the stereotype of the genius composer. He was not a “struggling artist”. He was not torn by emotional turmoil. […]
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Coronation March Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Tchaikovsky stands head and shoulders above the nineteenth century Russian musical scene, far and away its greatest talent. His music is so
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OVERTURE TO “LA FORZA DEL DESTINO” Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Giuseppe Verdi was a pure operatic composer. He wrote very few instrumental or choral pieces, and even then these were essentially
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Finlandia, op. 26, no. 7 Jean Sibelius (1865- 1957) The music of Jean Sibelius is so thoroughly identified with Finnish nationalism that it comes as a surprise that he was
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Overture to “The Barber of Seville” Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1886) Modern audiences have come to love Rossini’s operas, especially his less serious works. Their rich interplay between the personalities
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