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Today we are going to explore a relatively unknown American composer, Victor Herbert (1859–1924). When I say American, he is American as I am American – he was born in Dublin. His father passed away when he was two. His mother ..
Today we are going to continue our exploration into Clara and Robert Schumann’s music by diving into music by Robert. I first heard Robert’s piano concerto around the same time as Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto, ..
Today I am going to share with you an excerpt from Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in B Minor. Edvard Grieg only completed (key word) one concerto during his life, the Concerto in A Minor, which is one of the most popular ..
Today I am going to share with you a short piece, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Siciliano” from Matthäus-Passion. “Siciliano” has nothing to do with Sicily; it is a musical genre often included as a movement within ..
Today we are going to continue our exploration into music of Clara and Robert Schumann by listening to Clara’s Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22:
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Today we are going to continue our exploration into the music of Clara and Robert Schumann by listening to Clara’s Scherzo No.2 in C Minor. A scherzo is a lively, playful piece of music.
Today I am going to share with you “Vivaldi Variation”, an excerpt from Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Strings in G Minor arranged for piano by Florian Christl, a contemporary German composer. Let’s ..