„In The Hall of the Mountain King“ is part of the incidental music Edvard Grieg wrote for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. Hear the story of the play as you […]
A famous dance from Peer Gynt is Anitra’s Dance Anitra’s Dance The Blue Danube
William Grant Still wanted to put the sound of the blues into a symphony. His Afro-American Symphony is centered on a bluesy theme. Still took that theme and did something […]
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Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
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Georg Philipp Telemann never studied composition – he taught himself how to write music. There are quite a few composers who taught themselves, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Elgar, Francis Poulenc, […]
September 17, 2022 Get This Month’s Activity Sheet Gigue from Suite in D Rhapsody in Blue
What do Frank Sinatra, Blood Sweat and Tears and John Denver have in common? They all used classical music in some of their pieces. After Aaron Copland composed his Fanfare […]
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Antonio Vivaldi was the oldest of six (some say nine) children. His father was a barber, baker and violinist. Vivaldi inherited his father’s musical talent, and his flaming red hair. […]
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In 1936 he performed as a solo pianist in George Gershwin’s A Rhapsody in Blue.
Her composition, blue cathedral is one of the most performed orchestra works by a
His most famous arrangement is of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
Canada Council for the Arts, Mount Holyoke College/The Women’s Philharmonic, the Blue
