To go with this month’s music from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, some more music by composers who were playing with fire.
George Frederick Handel George Frederick Handel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov spent years as a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Many of his students became famous composers themselves: Anatol Liadov, Alexander Glazunov, and Igor Stravinsky. A lot of […]
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Zoltán Kodály was not the only composer to use folk tunes in the music he wrote. Here are some others.
Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart George Frederick Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven was a uniquely talented composer and musician. But by the time Beethoven was 30, his increasing deafness put an end to his career as a pianist. That […]
Beethoven’s teacher in Vienna was Vivaldi Vivaldi Haydn Haydn Handel Handel
A concerto is a piece of music in which one or more solo instruments get to shine in front of an orchestra. A concerto can be written for any instrument. […]
Johann Sebastian Bach Giuseppi Torelli Giuseppi Torelli George Frederick Handel
Baroque Period Composers
Bach William Boyce Francesca Caccini Arcangelo Corelli George Frederick Handel
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Dmitri Kabalevsky Scott Joplin Gustav Holst Franz Joseph Haydn George Frederick Handel
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Schumann Johann Pachelbel Fanny Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn George Frederick Handel
Composers From Germany
Beethoven Hildegard von Bingen Johannes Brahms Max Bruch George Frederick Handel
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Purcell Johann Pachelbel Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre George Frederick Handel
