Many pieces of music from Russian operas have become much more famous in the concert hall than on the opera stage. Some of these pieces include Tchaikovsky’s Waltz and Polonaise […]
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Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker is based on a story by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann. In The Nutcracker, a Christmas present — a nutcracker — comes to life as a handsome […]
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Franz Liszt was a pianist, composer, conductor and teacher who came up with musical innovations in all those fields. He was the first of the virtuoso performers and invented the […]
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Leonard Bernstein grew up in the Boston area. Here are some more composers who spent time in and around that city.
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Lots of movies use classical music. Sometimes, that music is such a big part of the movie that the two become linked forever.
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Many operas feature music that is has become so famous all by itself, you might just forget that it’s part of an opera!
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An opera is like a play in which the characters sing all their lines. Opera singers do not use microphones — their voices are trained, and can fill a whole […]
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Every year, when the weather turned nice, Prince Esterhazy — Franz Joseph Haydn’s employer — moved his entire household to his summer palace. When it turned cold again, everyone moved […]
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Songs in classical music are usually called „art songs.“ In German, art songs are called Lieder. Franz Schubert was a master of writing Lieder. Each of his songs combines poetry […]
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Clara Wieck was born in 1819 in the German city of Leipzig. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a piano teacher who decided even before his daughter was born that she […]
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