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Eric Coates ‘By The Sleepy Lagoon’: Romantically Rural
Eric Coates: By The Sleepy Lagoon Context Known for being one of the forefront light music composers in the 20th Century, Eric Coates is fondly Read more…
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Dmitri Shostakovich ‘String Quartet No.8’: A Personal Twist
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 Context Out of all fourteen string quartets that Dmitri Shostakovich composed, the eighth is the only to be composed outside Read more…
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Antonio Vivaldi ‘The Four Seasons’: Well Weathered Concerti
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Context Antonio Vivaldi composed his ever-popular collection of violin concerti The Four Seasons around the year 1721. The conception of what we Read more…
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Ernest Bloch ‘Five Sketches in Sepia’: A Tainted Photograph
Ernest Bloch: Five Sketches in Sepia Context Born in Geneva in 1880, Ernest Bloch was surrounded by a non-musical family. However, by age ten Bloch started Read more…
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Richard Peaslee ‘Nightsongs’: An Eclectic Trumpet
Richard Peaslee: Nightsongs Context Richard Peaslee was born in New York City in 1930. He studied composition at Yale University, and began to specialise in Read more…
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Gioachino Rossini ‘William Tell Overture’: Galloping to Success!
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture Context Born in February 1792 into a family of musicians in Pesaro, Italy, Gioachino Rossini began to learn the piano Read more…
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Ennio Morricone ‘A Fistful of Dollars Titles’: A Classic Western Style
Ennio Morricone: A Fistful of Dollars Titles Context The 1964 Spaghetti Western, A Fistful of Dollars saw a young Clint Eastwood star in his first Read more…
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Samuel Barber ‘Agnus Dei’: Adagio for Voices
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei Context Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei is a choral arrangement of his timeless work, Adagio for Strings. Barber set the Latin words Read more…
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Pauline Oliveros ‘A Love Song’: A Deep Sound Experience
Pauline Oliveros: A Love Song Context Born in May 1932 in Texas, Pauline Oliveros began participating in music at a very young age. In the Read more…
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Johannes Brahms ‘Hungarian Dance No.17’: Book Four
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.17 Context Johannes Brahms completed his 21 Hungarian Dances by 1879, and they still remain one his most popular collections of Read more…