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3 days ago · Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( / ˈvɑːɡnər / VAHG-nər; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera ...
2 days 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 .
4 days ago · t. e. Byzantine music ( Greek: Βυζαντινή μουσική, romanized : Vyzantiné mousiké) originally consisted of the songs and hymns composed for the courtly and religious ceremonial of the Byzantine Empire and continued, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in the traditions of the sung Byzantine chant of Eastern Orthodox liturgy.
2 days ago · An Anthomyiidae species showing characteristic dipteran features: large eyes, small antennae, sucking mouthparts, single pair of flying wings, hindwings reduced to clublike halteres. Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a ...
1 day ago · 06. Salvatore Accardo & Bruno Canino – Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano E minor KV304, Allegro (10:14) 07. Salvatore Accardo & Bruno Canino – Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano E minor KV304, Tempo di Menuetto (05:37) 08. Salvatore Accardo & Bruno Canino – Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano C major KV403, Allegro moderato (07:33) 09.
5 days ago · An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric traction motor, using only energy stored in on-board batteries.Compared to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quieter, more responsive, have superior energy conversion efficiency and no exhaust emissions and lower overall vehicle emissions (however the ...
1 day ago · Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as simply Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain, during late May and early June.It was founded in 2001 by Pablo Soler as "a showcase for Spanish noise bands", originally held at the Poble Espanyol before moving to the Parc del Fòrum, a much larger site on the seafront, in 2005.
