Lohengrin
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In addition to the wedding march by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the “Bridal Chorus” from the opera “Lohengrin” by Richard Wagner is one of the best-known and most popular pieces for a wedding celebration. The chorus, initiated ...
BEETHOVEN by the Numbers
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2020 will mark the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth. Born in Bonn, Beethoven is considered the most performed classical composer in the world. Often described as "perfectionist of the Viennese Classic" and "forerunner ...
Moonlight Sonata
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The “Moonlight Sonata”, actually the first movement of Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor (Opus 27), is Ludwig van Beethoven’s most iconic work. It has been arranged, rearranged, recorded, broadcast and performed probably more that any ...
Largo
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The second movement LARGO from the "New World Symphony" (9th Symphony) is undoubtedly one of the most moving works by the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák. The original English horn theme is probably one of the best-known classical ...
2 Minuets
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These two minuets – Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis BWV (Bach-Works-Catalogue) Appendix 114 and 115 - are from the "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach". Originally they were attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but in the late 1970s, it was finally ...
Pomp and Circumstance No. 4
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The five marches from the series “Pomp and Circumstance” op. 39 surely belong to the most famous compositions by British composer Edward Elgar. He wrote them between 1901 and 1930. The series’ first march with the lyrics “Land of ...
Sei uns gegrüßt
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Richard Wagner wrote this festive composition in early April, 1844 in just few days after hearing King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony had returned from England. This action by his own authority offended Wagner’s superiors, the Baron of Luettichau ...
Tannhäuser Festival
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Richard Wagner is mainly famous for his great and unique dramatic works, where he developed a comprehensive, holstic style as composer, librettist and stage director. His best-known operas are "Rienzi", "The Flying Dutchman", ...
Ode "An die Freude"
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One of the greatest works in music history is Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th symphony. It was the last symphony of the equally brilliant and difficult composer, outranking everything created in symphonic music so far: it lasts longer that one hour, ...
Der Zigeunerbaron (Ouvertüre)
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It took Johann Strauss (son) a long time to finish his operetta “The Gipsy King”. Before its premier at the Vienna Theatre in 1885, Strauss worked two years to create the three acts that were based on a novella by Maurus Jókai. ...
Reitermarsch, op.428
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Johann Strauß’ „Reitermarsch“ (Cavalry March) op. 428 is taken from his dramatic work “Simplicius”, which Strauß wrote in 1887 in collaboration with the young librettist Viktor Léon as a modern play with ...
Elsas Zug zum Münster
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Diese Musik entstammt der vierten Szene aus dem zweiten Aufzug der Oper "Lohengrin", als Elsa in einem feierlichen Zug zum Münster geleitet wird, wo sie ihren geheimnisvollen Retter heiraten soll.
Richard Wagner erzählt in seiner Oper musikalisch ...
Toccata & Fuge in d
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In its intellectual complexity, its formal incomparability and musical variety, Bach’s oeuvre shines out across the centuries. All composers who have come after him must prepared to be measured against him, for he has elevated the language of music ...
Huldigungsmarsch
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Hardly any composer was so rejected, and so celebrated by his contemporaries as Richard Wagner. The Leipzig musicologist Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) describes him as “the greatest dramatic composer of the 19th century and without doubt the most ...
Akademische Festouvertüre
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The composer Johannes Brahms was born into a family of musicians from Hamburg. His father was a simple tavern musician who, by his great diligence, worked his way up to become a respected double bass player at the City Theatre. Apart from his ...