When Present Boat opened at New York’s Ziegfeld Theatre on December 27, 1927, it marked a revolutionary second within the American musical…
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It was a visit to the Caucasus Mountains that impressed Russian composer Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) to write down Islamey: Oriental…
Jascha Heifetz was the last word “crossover artist” earlier than the time period existed. Through the Second World War, Heifetz…
English composer Gustav Holst discovered inspiration, not solely within the people music of his place of birth, but in addition…
As a youngster, Felix Mendelssohn was drawn to the works of Shakespeare, particularly the shimmering fairytale magic of A Midsummer Evening’s…
Freed from the literal which means of a textual content, the wordless vocalise floats right into a dreamy and surreal…
Alfred Brendel, the Czech-born Austrian pianist, author, composer, and lecturer, handed away on Tuesday (June 17) at his house in…
Francis Poulenc’s Violin Sonata is music born out of battle and tragedy. It’s one among a sequence of defiant, politically…
Brian Wilson, the legendary American musician, songwriter, singer, file producer, and co-founder of The Seashore Boys, handed away final Wednesday,…
In his later years, Liszt more and more pursued his favoured causes through the use of piano transcriptions of different…