The 30 greatest classical music composers of all time
2024年8月20日 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Continuing the tradition of names with three words and four well-formed syllables in the middle one, is the child prodigy and all-round genius, Mozart. Composing in, and defining, the Classical era, Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, numerous concertos, revolutionary Italian operas including The Marriage of Figaro and Cosí …
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Mozart’s best music: 15 greatest works of all time - Classic FM
2024年1月31日 — The precocious young boy started playing piano at three, was composing by age four, and by the time he was 12 years old, he had already written 10 symphonies and performed for royalty.. Despite being so industrious, the young composer still managed to make time for fun and games. He was reportedly distracted by cats on more than one occasion, and was also …
The 20 greatest Beethoven works of all time - Classic FM
2023年12月12日 — Fidelio. Beethoven’s only opera... and it took him three versions (and four overtures) to get it right. Fidelio is at the same time a love story – a wife disguises herself as a boy to get a job at the jail where her husband Florestan is imprisoned, and engineers his release – and the story of freedom triumphing over oppression.Florestan’s aria at the opening of Act II …
What are the lyrics to ‘Happy Birthday’, including the additional ...
2023年7月11日 — ‘Happy Birthday’ is one of the best-known tunes in the world, but not many people know there are two more verses to it. After years of singing it for friends and family and flamboyantly harmonising on the last line, we are all pretty familiar with the …
Um, Google now lets you search for music just by humming or …
2023年11月3日 — Read more: Genius Google tool turns your tuneless humming into a lovely violin solo To try it out yourself, go into the Google app (not the Chrome app) on your phone and tap on the microphone icon. Ask Google ‘What’s this Song’, and then whistle, hum or sing away.
John Williams’ 10 greatest movie soundtracks - Classic FM
2024年1月25日 — Schindler’s List (1994) It’s hard to imagine a more perfectly poignant score for Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List than the one that John Williams wrote, but even the composer himself had his doubts. When he was first asked to write the score, Williams told Spielberg: “You need a better composer than I am for this film.” “I know,” came Spielberg’s response.
The 10 most life-changing pieces of music by Mozart
2024年2月21日 — Requiem – ‘Confutatis’ By its very definition, Mozart’s Requiem is an immensely powerful, moving work. Best known of all its movements are the ‘Requiem aeternam’, earth-shattering ‘Lacrimosa’, and fateful ‘Dies irae’. But a sparkling gem lies within Mozart’s great masterpiece, waiting to be discovered.
10 of Bach’s all-time best pieces of music - Classic FM
2021年3月5日 — J.S. Bach was a Baroque composer and keyboardist who simply defines the entire classical music genre – it feels, to us, like all the important roads in music lead from Bach, and back to Bach.. Bach wrote in almost every genre you could think of – from big orchestral and choral settings, to chamber pieces and instrumental sonatas for a myriad of musical …
How Vivaldi perfectly captured the season of Autumn and
The first movement begins at a country dance at a harvest festival. The music is crisp and carefree. As the solo violin lines become more virtuosic, you can hear the dancing and jollity, with a good amount of Italian wine in the mix!