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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]
Overture to Of Thee I Sing (1931), for orchestra. The shortest Broadway overture written by Gershwin. It is also the least episodic of his overtures. Only two songs are quoted in the overture, the rest are only referenced in fragments and repeating musical cells. Also features Gershwin's only known violin cadenza.
Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. [1] During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing, instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem.
For narrative or evocative popular music, please see Concept Album. Any discussion of program music brings to mind Walt Disney's animated features Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 (1999), in which the Disney animators provided graphic visualisation of several famous pieces of program music. However, not all the pieces used in the films were ...
Pages in category "Overtures by Ludwig van Beethoven" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Motown's songs haven't just endured as stand-alone classics through the decades — their influence has loomed large on subsequent artists and their work. ... Contact Detroit Free Press music ...
Music for the Theatre for orchestra (1925) Two Choruses ("The House on the Hill," "An Immortality") for chorus (1925) Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra (1926) Two Pieces for violin and piano (1926) Sentimental Melody for piano (1926) Four Piano Blues for piano (1926–48) Poet's Song for voice and piano (1927) Vocalise No.1 for voice (1928)
List of music students by teacher: R to S; List of music students by teacher: T to Z; List of prize-winners of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition; List of Sun Aria winners; List of African-American women in classical music; List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons) List of chief music critics; List of child ...