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Near the end of Johann Sebastian Bachs life there was a move away
Near the end of Johann Sebastian Bachs life there was a move away from the more learned forms in music, mainly fugue and counterpoint. His sons were s...

With this work there is the rare opportunity of listening to what
With this work there is the rare opportunity of listening to what is one master composers opinion of another master composers work. Schoenberg orchest...

Johannes Brahms composed his first piano quartet while still in
Johannes Brahms composed his first piano quartet while still in his 20s. By this time he had been on concert tour with the Hungarian violinist Ede Rem...

Sergei Bortkiewicz began his musical education in St. Petersburg,
Sergei Bortkiewicz began his musical education in St. Petersburg, and went on to the Leipzig Conservatory to study. He made a few trips back to Russia...

Of the Russian composers that made up The Five in the 19th
Of the Russian composers that made up The Five in the 19th century, Modest Mussorgsky may have had the most natural talent of them all. He began pian...