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...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 16, 2025 | Benjamin Britten, British Music
By Barry Lenson The British composer Benjamin Britten wrote a remarkably large and varied body of music. His compositions range from the simply delightful Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra to the ravishingly beautiful Spring Symphony to the emotionally...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 3, 2025 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Music
By Barry Lenson Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory at 13, where he studied composition with Alexander Glazunov. Shostakovich spent his life not only composing music...
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