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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Russian composer | Britannica.com  The most popular Russian composer of all time. ... Russian composer ... His oeuvre includes 7 symphonies, 11 operas, 3 ballets, 5 suites, 3 piano ..... Tchaikovsky excelled primarily as a master of instrumental music; his operas, often eclectic ... He put his personal stamp on the late-19th-century symphony with his last three...
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky - The Kennedy Center  Tchaikovsky was a leading Russian composer of the late 19th century, whose ... He is regarded as the master composer for classical ballet, as demonstrated by...
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List of Romantic-era composers - Wikipedia  20th century, (19002000). 21st century, (since 2000). This is a list of Romantic-era composers. Note that this list is purely chronological, and also .... composers. Alexander Alyabyev, 1787, 1851, Russian, composer, conductor and pianist. .... Cesare Pugni, 1802, 1870, Italian, prolific composer of ballet music. Eliza Flower...
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Composers Hall of Fame - Great Music Composers ... - Audiosparx  Discover The AudioSparx Composers Hall of Fame - Featuring music by ... and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and ... composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. ... the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Blow, he is sometimes grouped...
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Claude Debussy - Wikipedia  Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. He and Maurice Ravel were the most ... influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of ..... The final orchestral work by Debussy, the ballet Jeux (1912) written for .... In addition to the Russian composers, one of Debussy's biggest influences...
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George Balanchine - Wikipedia  George Balanchine was one of the 20th century's most prominent choreographers. Styled as the father of American ballet, he co-founded the New York City Ballet and remained its Artistic Director for more than 35 years. Balanchine took the standards and technique from his time at the Imperial ... He was a choreographer known for his musicality; he expressed music with...
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Aram Khachaturian and His Famous 'Sabre Dance' - CMUSE  Jun 8, 2015 ... One of the most famous symphonic works written in the 20th century is the Sabre Dance by Soviet-Armenian composer, Aram Khachaturian. ... This fiery, energetic dance is part of a four-act ballet, Gayane, composed during...
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Dances and Overtures - Naxos  Tchaikovsky wrote some twelve operas, from The Voyevoda, completed in 1868 and subsequently destroyed by the composer, to the final Iolanta, ... The second of these, with a libretto by the composer and his brother Modest, based on ... as he seeks from the old Countess, whose death he causes, the secret of the three...
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The Nutcracker - Wikipedia  The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ... Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, in particular the pieces featured in the suite. Among other .... Below is a synopsis based on the original 1892 libretto by Marius Petipa. The story varies from...
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Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet | British conductor | Britannica.com  Conductor and impresario who founded and led several major orchestras and used his ... Beecham introduced London audiences to operas by Richard Strauss, ... and he helped bring Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1911) and the Russian...
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Fun Facts for Children on Tchaikovsky | Our Everyday Life  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was one of the great composers of the Romantic era. ... He wrote six symphonies, a handful of operas and three ballets, the latter . ... Tchaikovsky composed the perennial Christmas favorite 'The Nutcracker. ... three ballets, the latter of which, "Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker" and "Sleeping Beauty" are...
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Classical Notes - Classical Classics - Chopin's Waltzes, By Peter ...  Many composers contributed mightily to the art and prominence of the piano, but none as ... Liszt heard the inspiration of Polish lamentation that "lent to his tones a ... brought the waltz to the concert hall through his 1819 Invitation to the Dance, ... a ballet set to orchestrations of Chopin music featuring three of his waltzes that...
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Aaron Copland, the greatest of all American composers. | The ...  And he would have been 100 years old this year. ... The ballets - Billy the Kid, Rodeo and Appalachian Spring - are familiar to concert goers. ... Lincoln Portrait, his 1942 work for speaker and orchestra, or throwing himself into serialism, ... The slow movement is lyrical but at the same time harmonically harsh, calling to mind...
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Notes Atlanta SO - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Suite No. 1 from the ballet Nutcracker, Opus 71a ... March 19, 1892, with the composer conducting the Russian Musical Society ... I. Miniature Overture; Allegro giustoThe sprightly Overture features light .... critic, Eduard Hanslick, to write one of the most (in)famous reviews in music.
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The Nutcracker - Wikipedia  The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ... Major American ballet companies generate around 40 percent of their ... Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, ..... the ballet have had the order of the dances slightly re-arranged, if they have not...
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None Flashcards | Quizlet  Which of the following ballets is not from Stravinsky's Russian period? A) The Rite of Spring B) The Firebird C) Pulcinella D) Petrushka. C) Pulcinella .... In addition to being a composer, Schoenberg showed skill as a. A) chemist ... A) He composed a great quantity of music in all forms. B) He .... A) revival hymns and ragtime
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Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev) - Wikipedia  Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112 is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930; it lasts about 22 minutes. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947; it lasts about 37 minutes. Both of the works share significant musical material with Prokofiev's ballet ... As Prokofiev was composing The Prodigal Son in early 1929, he found that...
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Composers Flashcards | Quizlet  We think this "Nutcracker" composer took his time on his 2nd symphony, ..... His "Great" & "Unfinished" symphonies premiered years after his death in 1828.
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Borodin, Polovetsian Dances | The Choral Singer's Companion  For the choral singer or music lover interested in Borodin's The Polovetsian Dances. ... at the St. Petersburg Conservatory; Stravinsky was his most famous pupil. ... His best-known symphonic works are Scheherazade, the Russian Easter Overture, ... The dances are from Prince Igor, but before discussing this opera and the...
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Chapter 23: Classical Music in the Late Eighteenth Century | A ...  Haydn was the most celebrated composer of his day (see HWM Figure 23.1). ... Around 1757, he became music director for Count Morzin and composed his first .... The twelve London Symphonies, commissioned by Salomon, are his greatest .... Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War, 1796); Lord Nelson Mass (1798)...
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Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia  While the contributions of the Russian nationalistic group The Five were important in their own ... This Russianness of mindset ensured that Tchaikovsky would not become a mere .... First, the composer could not get good librettos, despite continued requests to ..... 2, "Tempest", first movement, Orchestra (4 versions), 1863.