Classical Music
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Some people might recognize the title of this piece as the title of a Billy Joel song, and you would be right. It is a beautiful song which has a sad intonation, in a way it is a haunting piece of music, a story of something that is no longer there. Billy Joel’s grandfather Karl
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Few pieces of classical music have achieved the cultural, emotional, and historical significance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, commonly known as the “Choral” Symphony. Completed in 1824, this monumental work stands as one of the most influential and celebrated compositions in Western music. But what makes Beethoven’s Ninth
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Few pieces of classical music have achieved the universal recognition and enduring popularity of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Für Elise.” Composed on April 27 1810, but not published until 1867, decades after Beethoven’s death, “Für Elise” stands today as one of the most iconic piano pieces in history. Its simple, haunting melody has transcended time, finding
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BBC 4 was showing ‘Beethoven’s Ninth Unwrapped’ last night to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary piece. Aurora Orchestra took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with a signature memorised performance, led by conductor Nicholas Collon, and a dramatic exploration into the intricacies of the music and the maestro. The
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Some people who read my blog regularly, might think this is an odd piece. However, aside from history my other passion is music, and specifically guitar music I do play guitar myself. The history of the guitar is rich and spans several millennia, evolving through different cultures and technological advancements. Here’s an overview of its
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The photograph above is of a child-size violin that belonged to 13-year-old Boruch Golden, who the Nazis murdered in the massacres at Ponary in September 1943. Baruch began playing the violin when he was six years old. His sister, Niusia (Anna), saved the violin. She survived the war in hiding. Following the invasion of Soviet
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Many people think that space exploration only started in the 20th century, but in fact it started centuries before. The first telescope was said to be invented in 1608 in the Netherlands by an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey.. Ever since that time there have been many scientists who made it their life’s work to
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Regardless how talented you were, or how much value you could add to the German culture, if you didn’t comply to the Nazi ideology or dared to criticize it, you stood a good chance of getting executed. Karlrobert Kreiten born 26 June 1916, in Bonn, Germany) was a Dutch-German pianist, holding Dutch citizenship his short life
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For people who don’t know classical music the name Richard Strauss will mean very little, but for music and movie fans they know the music of the man. His composition “Also Sprach Zarathustra” was made famous by the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” In the early 1930s, Strauss did not join the Nazi
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