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Alan Silvestri ‘I’m Forrest…Forrest Gump’: Run Forrest, Run!
Alan Silvestri: I’m Forrest…Forrest Gump Context Composed for the 1994 film Forrest Gump, Alan Silvestri’s score for the film was nominated for ‘Best Original Score’ Read more…
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Béla Bartók ‘Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion’: Nine’s a Crowd
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Context Composed for nine instruments (2x pianos, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, snare drum, triangle, tam-tam and xylophone), Read more…
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Johannes Brahms ‘Hungarian Dance No.9’: A Jaunty Dance
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.9 Context Johannes Brahms completed his 21 Hungarian Dances by 1879, and they still remain one his most popular collections of Read more…
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Germaine Tailleferre ‘Sonata for Harp’: Heavenly Harp
Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata for Harp Context French composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) composed her Sonata for Harp in 1953 for the Spanish harpist Nicanor Zabaleta. The Read more…
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Frédéric Chopin ‘Nocturne in Eb Major, Op.9, No.2’: The Famous Nocturne
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in Eb Major, Op.9, No.2 Context Frédéric Chopin composed the three nocturnes of Opus. 9 in 1832 and dedicated them to Madame Read more…
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Modest Mussorgsky ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’: A Grand Musical Illustration
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Context Modest Mussorgsky was born in 1839 in Karevo (south of Saint Petersburg). His family owned lots of land, which made Read more…
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ‘Serbian Fantasy’: Folk Dances
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Serbian Fantasy Context Composed and premiered in 1867, Nikolai Rimsly-Korsakov’s Serbian Fantasy was pursued after the idea came from peer, Mily Balakirev. Balakirev Read more…
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Vítězslav Novák ‘Slovak Suite’: Moravian Memories
Vítězslav Novák: Slovak Suite Context Composed in 1903 after Czech composer, Vítězslav Novák, visited bordering country Moravia in the early 1900s. Inspired by the Slovak Read more…
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Joseph Haydn ‘Symphony No.3’: Thrilling Third
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.3 Context Often known as the ‘Father of the Symphony’, Joseph Haydn’s legacy as a symphonist stays strong today. Haydn composed 104 Read more…
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Frédéric Chopin ‘Fantasie-Impromptu’: Powerful Polyrhythms
Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie-Impromptu Context Composed in 1834, but not published until after Frédéric Chopin’s death in 1855, Fantasie-Impromptu has remained one of the composer’s most Read more…