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10 hours ago · Igor Stravinsky. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky [a] (17 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music .
10 hours ago · Franz Schubert had been dead for ten years when Schumann knocked on the door of Ferdinand Schubert. They chatted about the late composer. Ferdinand showed him around, and Schumann left carrying the manuscript of an unpublished masterpiece: Schubert’s “Great” C Major Symphony.
10 hours ago · Listen to Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace by Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner. See lyrics and music videos, find Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
May 31, 2024 · This wit-filled satirical dramatization takes on the vicious (and fictitious) music critiques written about history's greatest composers and works of music. Malkovich plays the role of the evil critic/narrator, who believes that the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Prokofiev is "weary and dreary."
10 hours ago · The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Growing up amongst the immense social changes Brazil went through at the time - social revolution and modernization, abolishing slavery in 1888 - Villa-Lobos went on to become one of the best-known South American composers of all time.
10 hours ago · His sun-kissed ‘Italian’ symphony is the exuberant climax to a whole afternoon of genius off the leash: whether Mozart’s majestic piano concerto, or the windswept energy of the composer they called the “female Beethoven”: Louise Farrenc. This concert is generously supported by the Rachel Baker Memorial Charity.
10 hours ago · Signature. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man ...
