by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Georg Philipp Telemann, German Baroque Music
by Barry Lenson We would like to start today’s composer profile with a short quiz. Ready? Please put on your thinking cap. Question One: Which composer wrote the Water Music? Question Two: Which composer wrote the Saint Matthew Passion? Question Three: Which composer...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Brazilian-Born Master Composer Whose Music Knows No Boundaries by Barry Lenson Have you noticed that many members of the classical music world are prejudiced against the music of Spain and Latin America? When that music comes under discussion, they...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
by Barry Lenson Heroic and Troubled in Life, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Stands at the Pinnacle of Romantic Russian Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Russia, is indisputably one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. His six...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Edited by Barry Lenson from Content Generated by the Claude AI App Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a revolutionary Russian composer who played a crucial role in creating a distinctly national musical style during the 19th century. Born on March 21, 1839 into a wealthy...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 16, 2025 | Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): A Reserved Finn with White-Hot Passion Within by Barry Lenson If you ask a group of music lovers to tell you something about the Finnish Composer Jean Sibelius, at least 10 of them will answer, “He wrote Finlandia.” Those people would be...
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