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Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No. 9 in D Major’: The Fourth Movement
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9 Movement IV Referring back to Bernstein’s theory that every movement represents a farewell to an aspect of life (read more in the Read more…
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Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.9 in D Major’: The Third Movement
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9 Movement III In his introduction to the symphonic works of Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein claims that each movement of the Ninth Symphony Read more…
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Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.9 in D Major’: The Second Movement
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9 Movement II The second movement has been said to be a ‘dance of death’ or Todtentanz for the original German translation. Adorno was Read more…
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Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony 9 in D Major’: Genesis and The First Movement
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.9 Genesis & Movement I Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), composed his Ninth Symphony in the last few years of his life between 1909 and Read more…
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Jay Ungar ‘Ashokan Farewell’: For the Most Precious Girl
Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell Context Today’s blog is going differ from all the others as this is a tribute post for someone who taken from us Read more…
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Frederick Delius ‘The Walk to the Paradise Garden’: More than just a Scene Change
Frederick Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden Context The Walk to Paradise Garden wasn’t actually a part of Delius’ initial set up of the opera and Read more…
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Richard Strauss ‘Horn Concerto No.1’: For Bryony
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1 Context Richard Strauss was born 11th June 1864, which places him within the romantic era of classical music and Strauss soon Read more…