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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor (Analysis)

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism

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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor (Analysis)

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism Work Analysis

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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances, When a Musical Tradition Becomes a Work of Art

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism Work Analysis Work Guide

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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor (Analysis)

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism Work Analysis

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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor (Analysis)

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism Work Analysis

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Claude Debussy - La Mer (Analysis)

Claude Debussy Impessionism Orchestra Program Music Work Analysis

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Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 10 in Ε Major (Analysis)

Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms Orchestra Piano Romanticism Work Analysis

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Maurice Ravel – Boléro (Analysis)

ballet Impessionism Maurice Ravel Orchestra Work Analysis

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George Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks in D Major, HWV 351

Baroque George Frideric Handel Orchestra Suite

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee (Analysis)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Opera Orchestra Romanticism Work Analysis

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Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Analysis)

Anton Bruckner Orchestra Romanticism Symphony Work Analysis

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture, op. 49 (Analysis)

In the 1812 Overture , Tchaikovsky transforms an inward prayer into monumental public triumph: sacred, folk and national musical symbols confront and reappear within an ever-expanding orchestral landscape, until bells and cannon fire turn historical memory into a collective ritual. i Work Information Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Title: The Year 1812 — Festival Overture in E-flat major , Op. 49 Year of composition: September–November 1880 First performance: 8/20 August 1882, All-Russian Arts and Industry Exhibition, Moscow · conductor Ippolit Altani Genre: Festival overture / programmatic orchestral work Aesthetic movement: Romanticism Key: E-flat major Structure: Single movement · Largo–Allegro giusto · 428 measures Duration: Approx. 15–20 minutes Instrumentation: Large symphony orchestra, expanded percussion, bells, cannon effects and optional military band in the coda Few works in the or...

Robert Schumann - Träumerei, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7 (Analysis)

In Träumerei , Schumann transforms an apparently simple piano melody into a space of memory: the music emerges, moves through changing harmonic light, and returns transformed, like an image of childhood recalled through the consciousness of an adult. i Work Information Composer Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Title Träumerei (“Dreaming”) Cycle Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15 Number No. 7 of 13 pieces Date of composition 1838 — Schumann’s diary records Träumerei on 24 February First edition 1839, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig Key F major Metre 4/4 Instrument solo piano Form three eight-bar spans, with the first repeated; heard as A–A–B–A′ Duration approx. 2–3 minutes in most modern performances Träumerei (“Dreaming”) is one of those works whose influence seems inversely proportional to its size. In only a handful of phrases, Robert Schumann created one of the most recognisable pieces in the Ro...

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique” (Analysis)

Between the shadow of the Grave and the light moving across the keys, the Pathétique turns the piano into a theatre of memory, tension, and return. i Work Information Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Work title: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique” ( Grande Sonate pathétique ) Year of composition: c. 1797–1798, possibly revised through 1799 First edition: Vienna, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, 1799 Dedication: Prince Karl von Lichnowsky Genre: Piano sonata Period / Style: Classical period; Beethoven’s early creative period Structure: 3 movements Duration: approx. 18–20 minutes Instrumentation: Solo piano A single C minor chord , abrupt and weighty, is enough to turn the piano into a dramatic stage. In the...

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