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August 1, 2025

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” and “In the Steppes of Central Asia”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YabEfOQRG3U Here is the beginning of Wikipedia's profile of Alexander Borodin, who seems to have…

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August 1, 2025

Béla Bartók: “Romanian Folk Dances” and “Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta, Second Movement (Allegro)”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuktjzVMNRI I struggled a bit with the names of the pieces. If anyone has more…

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August 1, 2025

Jascha Heifetz: Niccolò Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Chaconne”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcnGrie__M An interesting quote from Jascha Heifetz--considered one of the greatest violinists ever--on the importance of…

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August 1, 2025

Antonín Dvořák: ” Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor Op. 72″ and “Largo”

http://www.youtube.com/embed/cuOpM43FIDo Antonin Leopold Dvořák was born in the village of Nelahozeves in Bohemian, which now is…

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August 1, 2025

Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7m9i70JDg Both the music and the text of Peter and the Wolf, which was an…

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August 1, 2025

Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question and Prelude to the Fourth Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvP7JZWOZMw Charles Ives, one of the most acknowledged of American composers, was demanding on performers…

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August 1, 2025

Van Cliburn Dies at 78

Van Cliburn, July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013 Pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural…

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August 1, 2025

Claude Debussy: “Prélude à l’Apres-midi d’un Faune” and “Clair de Lune”

Here is the beginning of Claude Debussy's profile at Encyclopedia Britannica: Claude Debussy, in full Achille-Claude Debussy…

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August 1, 2025

Handel’s “Messiah” and “Acis and Galatea”

The Messiah, above -- also known as The Hallelujah Chorus -- is Handel's best known…

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August 1, 2025

As If We Need Another Sign of the Apocalypse

The site io9 details how a computer house at the University of Málaga in Spain…

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