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Austrian Composer Franz Schubert
Biography of Austrian composer Franz Schubert - famous for 8th Symphony "Unfinished," "Trout Quintet," "Serenade," and numerous songs, including "Ave Maria."
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Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony
Mahler's Eighth Symphony is marked by tragedy and triumph, a dualistic depiction of the soul of man.
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Arnold Schoenberg: Tonality
Arnold Schoenberg's brief biography - his life, career and works. Known for advocating twelve-tone technique, and 'Pierrot lunaire' for voice and chamber music.
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Biography of Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner spent most of his life quietly composing, but now he's regarded as 19th-century's great symphonic masters.
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Joseph Haydn's Armida
Armida, an Italian heroic opera (dramma eroica) by Joseph Haydn: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Haydn opera information.
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Bio of Franz Schreker, Composer
Brief biography of Monaco-born Austrian composer Franz Schreker, founder and conductor of Vienna Philharmonic Choir and famous for Der Ferne Klang (The Distant Sound).
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Composer Franz Lehar
Brief biography of Franz Lehár, leading composer of light operettas, extremely famous for The Merry Widow. His waltz 'Gold and Silver' is also often recorded.
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Famous Austrian Women Composers
While there are several women composers in our time, it was not so in previous centuries. Here are a few Austrian composers who deserve to be remembered for their works.
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Gustav Mahler
The life and works of Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, known for symphonies and song-cycles.
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Joseph Haydn Biography
Life and Works of Franz Joseph Haydn, one of the greatest Classical composers, extremely prolific composer of symphonies.
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Leopold Mozart: Wolfgang's Father
Life, career and works of Leopold Mozart - German composer, violin teacher, violinist, theorist - devoted father and first teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography
Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - child prodigy, musical genius, and arguably, the greatest composer.
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New Oratorio at Mostly Mozart Festival
Saariaho's oratorio Le Passion de Simone will receive its U.S. premiere at the Mostly Mozart Festival. The work blends sacred and secular forms in recounting Weil's life.
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Pianists Ernst and Max Pauer
It is not too often that one sees a father-son concert relationship but before Rudolf and Peter Serkin there was the Pauer family of Vienna.
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Dame Ethel Smyth, Life and Works
Biography of English composer, Dame Ethel Smith, known for operas 'The Wreckers' and 'The Boatswain's Mate.'
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Born in India, Engelbert Humperdinck was raised in Leicester, which in my book, makes him a native!!
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Gaetano Donizetti Biography
Brief biography of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, his life, career and list of his major operas. Best known for L'Elisir d'amore and Lucia di Lammermoor.
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GySEV the railway from the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The traveller by rail visiting the area south of Vienna on the border between Austria and Hungary find a curiosity: an independent railway, the Gyor - Sopron - Ebenfurt Railway Co. operating in both countries.
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Johann Strauss II: The Gypsy Baron
Die Zigeunerbaron, a German operetta by Johann Strauss II. The Gypsy Baron opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Strauss II operetta information.
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Joseph Haydn's The Creation
Franz Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation: facts, the cast, brief history of The Creation, and other Haydn-related information.
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Richard Strauss Biography
Liofe and works of post-romantic composer Richard Strauss, famous for opera Der Rosenkavalier ('The Cavalier of the Rose').
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Schubert's Alfonso and Estrella
Romantic opera Alfonso and Estrella (Alfonso und Estrella) by Austrian composer Franz Schubert: plot synopsis, character list, and other Schubert opera information.
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Joseph Haydn's The Seasons
Franz Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten): facts, the cast, brief history, and other Haydn-related information.
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Happy Independence Days!
national holidays and anthems of the world and patriotic music
a musical look at national holidays and anthems of plus other patriotic music.


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