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Classical music and plant growth
Published on 2010-04-13 21:43:00
Scientists and medical researchers have been looking into the affects of sound for ages; people tend to underestimate its impact on people and our surroundings. In fact those that live in or very close to busy metropolitan cities are believed to live > read more
Contemporary classical musicians broke all the boundaries
Published on 2010-04-07 12:15:00
Placing a starting point for the most recent era in classical music can be a little difficult, some believe that it begins roughly about 1945, where as others think that the developments of this new style happened much further back. At the end of Wor > read more
Rachmaninoff's First Piano Sonata
Published on 2010-01-29 14:01:00
Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the leading composers of Russia at the end of the Romantic period and into the 20th century, particularly in the area of piano music. He was virtuoso pianist himself and wrote many works for his instrument, including tw > read more
Charles Valentin-Alkan
Published on 2010-01-26 12:52:00
Charles Valentin-Alkan was a prominent French pianist and composer of piano music during the early Romantic period. He was born on November 30th, 1813 in Paris to Jewish parents. His father, Alkan Morhange, was the proprietor of a private music schoo > read more
Alkan's Grande Sonate
Published on 2010-01-23 10:13:00
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) was a significant French composer during the Romantic period. He was one of the great piano virtuosos of his day and was friends with prominent musicians like Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and Eugene Delacroix. Like > read more
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3
Published on 2010-01-20 14:20:00
Sergei Rachmaninoff completed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in the fall of 1909. Rachmaninoff is known as the one of the great composers of piano music and the Third Concerto is one of his most popular works. It was composed while Rachmaninoff resided at > read more
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
Published on 2010-01-16 09:29:00
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed is Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor between the autumn of 1900 and spring of 1901. Since its composition, the Second Piano Concerto has remained his mostly popular piece of piano music. The concerto was an immediate succe > read more
Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Published on 2010-01-13 15:55:00
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a born in Russia and is typically considered as the last great Romantic composer. He was also a remarkable pianist of his day, and, as a composer, he made a significant contribution of piano music.One of Rachmanino > read more
Schubert's Last Sonatas
Published on 2010-01-07 14:31:00
Franz Schubert was a very prolific composer and considered to be one of the first Romantics. His career developed under the shadow of his great contemporary, Ludwig van Beethoven, whom Schubert greatly admired. As a result, much of Schubert's music w > read more
Sibelius and Kalevala
Published on 2010-01-05 07:50:00
The main idea of Sibelius's seven symphonies is to develop the evolution of the idea of movement, of tenderness and observing his self-discipline. Sibelius said that "what is essentially irresistible in a symphony is currently traveling to the entire > read more