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  Performance of the ballet "Adélaïde, ou le langage des fleurs" in 1912. The seven "Valses nobles et sentimentales" and the epilogue of this orchestral suite were originally written for piano in 1911.  Maurice Ravel  chose the title in homage to Franz Schubert , who had released collections of waltzes in 1823 entitled Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales.  The work was first presented in Paris in a recital of anonymous compositions. Many of Ravel's fans disapproved of the music, not imagining that the deliberate "wrong notes" belonged to one of the most beloved French composers. In 1912 Ravel orchestrated the suite and presented it as a ballet under the title "Adélaïde, ou le langage des fleurs (Adelaide: The Language of Flowers). The dynamic start reminds us that this is an unusual waltz. On the contrary, the second part is slow and expressive. For this lanzy subject, Ravel chose the flute, which plays in its lower extension. With a relaxed ob...

Debussy was influenced by Western and Eastern art. His work "Pagodes" from the series Estampes for piano, expresses his admiration for the East. This work comes from a wider group of pianistic compositions and is one of the three pianistic works of the series "Estampes". It was written in 1903 and presented in Paris in 1904. Once again the theme of water appears in a work by Claude Debussy . The fast motivo of tones and harmony that submit a view seen through a veil of rain, is typical in Debusy's compositions.  The central part of the work mentions the melody of an old French children's song.  Towards the end, the music brightens, submitting the appearance of the sun.

Josef Anton Bruckner A "poor man of god" was Anton Bruckner , who worshipped just as much as the divine and the human, whether it is found in music, in nature, or in the view of the supreme being. Meek, thoughtful, modest and incomparably sincere, he expressed his introversion and insecurity by leaning more and more into his musical writings and constantly revising his already masterful inspirations.  If he had been bolder, more determined, perhaps he would have occupied Wagner 's place in the history of music - he has been his idol since he met him - since Bruckner composed music of "Wagnerian" quality before... Wagner himself. An amazing virtuoso in the performance of the organ, he crushed the faithful audiences both in Leeds and Vienna, as well as in Paris - in 1869 he performed at Notre Dame - and in London. If he had recorded his astonishing - according to written testimonies - improvisations on the organ, he would have submitted work for this instrument pe...

Originally written as aria in order to accompany a famous Italian soprano "Voices of Spring" did not make a good impression on the Viennese audience, who found the work mediocre and the melody vague. On the contrary, they met with widespread popularity abroad.  The dance became popular in Vienna when Johann Strauss II decided to orchestrate it for concertos and among his many admirers was the famous pianist and composer Frantz Liszt . After the rhythm of the waltz is introduced by the bass, the woodwinds, with the support of the entire orchestra, slide into a lyrical melody full of trills, gllisanti and other musical decorations. Then the music incorporates the gentle rustling of the leaves, distant hunting horns and sweet singing of birds. Sometimes the music moves gently and slowly in an almost sad mood, before re-rocking with magnificence to a joyful purpose and then evolving into the wonderful climax of the end.

"Autumn" painting by Nicolas Poussin.  I. Allegro Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances,  The pleasure of a bountiful harvest.  And fired up by Bacchus' liquor many end their revelry in sleep.  II. Adagio molto Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing and dance  By the air which is tempered with pleasure  And (by) the season that invites so many, many  Out of their sweetest slumber to fine enjoyment   III. Allegro The hunters emerge at the new dawn,  And with horns and dogs and guns depart upon their hunting  The beast flees and they follow its trail Terrified and tired of the great noise  Of guns and dogs, the beast, wounded, threatens  Languidly to flee, but harried, dies. The Four Seasons is a group of four violin concerti by Antonio Vivaldi , each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. "Autumn" is the third concerto in F major. In this work are described the villagers who celebrate...

Despite all the desolation and poverty that marked his childhood, Haydn struggled and became the greatest and most productive composer of his generation. Franz Joseph Haydn or "Little Joseph", as he was known, was born on March 31, 1732 in the small Austrian village of Rohrau, near the border with Hungary.  The future of little Josepf appeared uncertain. His father, Mathias, a poor wheelwright unable to afford to educate his son, watched with sadness his obvious musical talent go to waste. Fortunately, a relative of theirs, Johann Matthias Frankh, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, offered to take over little Joseph, and in 1738 the six-year-old boy abandoned his family for good. He was taught the principles of music and learned to sing in the choir.  This good fortune, of course, he paid for with the misery of his childhood which was marked with "more beating than eating", as he later remembered. A happy getaway Haydn's misery came to an end when in ...

Schumann never forgot his debt to his old piano teacher and dedicated "Improptus" to him. Symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major, “Spring”, op. 38 Symphony No. 2 in C Major, op.61 Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, “Rhenish., op.97 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 Orchestral works: Overture and incidental music, Manfred , op. 115 Julius Ceasar overture, op. 128 Herman und Dorothea overture, op. 136 Concerts: Piano   concert in A minor, op. 54 Violin concerto in A minor, op. 129 Chamber music: Piano Quintet in E flat Major, op. 44 String Quartets, op. 41, no. 1-3 Piano works: Papillons, op. 2 Carnival, op. 9 Grand Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 11 Grand Sonata No. 3 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Scenes From Childhood, op. 15 Opera: Genoveva, op. 81