Articles related to "Cantata"



Bach's Coffee Cantata
Lutherans love coffee. It is almost a prerequisite to be Lutheran to love coffee. A seminary professor I had once commented that coffee was a secular sacrament in the Lutheran church. Well, our own J. S. Bach loved coffee--and even wrote a cantata! Enjoy the Coffee Cantata. (Be quiet, do not chat!)
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Opera for Kids
Introduction to kid-friendly classical music works, particularly opera.
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Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
A brief look at perhaps Johann Sebastian's most famous piece, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" ("Jesu, beleibet meine Freude").
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Meet the Washington Bach Consort
The Washington Bach Consort is one of the D.C.-area's premiere professional baroque music ensembles. Read more about their upcoming tour to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Bach's death and other concert activities.
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Biography and Works of Carl Orff
Brief biography of German composer Carl Orff, his life, career, list of works. Famous for scenic cantata Carmina Burana.
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Non-Traditional Wedding Music
Lists of good Wedding Music already circulate the internet. But what if you want to find something more unique than Pachelbel's "Canon in D"?
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Composer Amilcare Ponchielli
Brief biography of Italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli - life, career, works, list of operas. Famous for opera 'La Gioconda' and as Puccini's teacher.
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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
A brief look at the career of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (Mrs. H.H.A.Beach), who had a celebrated career as a concert pianist and composer.
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Arvo Pärt Life and Works
Biography of Arvo Pärt, composer famous for Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten and Bell, and known for the "tintinnabuli" style.
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Index: 2002
This is the index of all articles appearing on this topic in this forum in 2002. There is also a link to the Index you may have used last year.
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Biography of Manuel de Falla
Life and Works of Manuel de Falla, famous for ballets 'Love, the Magician' and 'The Three-Cornered Hat.'
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Sir William Walton
Brief biography of English composer Sir William Walton - his life, influence and works. Famous for 'Facade.'
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Composers Harry Rowe Shelley and Dudley Buck
Connecticut was the home of two of the most celebrated and performed composers of the nineteenth century in the persons of Dudley Buck and Harry Rowe Shelley.
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French Composer Hector Berlioz
A brief biography of the life, career and works of Hector Berlioz - a major figure in the 19th century music Romantic movement and peer to Liszt and Wagner.
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Georg Philipp Telemann Biography
Biography of Baroque composer George Philipp Telemann - his life, career and musical works.
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Gustav Mahler Life and Works
Biography of Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, known for symphonies and song-cycles.
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Hungarian Composer Zoltan Kodaly
Brief biography of Zoltan Kodaly, his life and music. Together with Bartok, they elevated Hungarian music through folk music and dances.
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Johann Sebastian Bach Biography
Brief biography of Baroque composer JS Bach, German Protestant composer, a master of contrapuntal technique.
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Unknown Italian Women Composers
A brief overview of some Italian women composers in history who had their works performed or published in their lifetime.
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The Greatest Lutheran Composer
Guest columnist James Sucha, currently editor of "Service Hymnal: A Lutheran Homecoming," writes this tribute to Bach, and his contributions to Church music. Mr. Sucha has contributed previous articles to this site reviewing the "Service Book and Hymnal" and "Lutheran Book of Worship."
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The Music of Franz Liszt
Music of Franz Liszt, including <I>The Little Bell</I>.
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Fanny Crosby, American Hymn Writer
Fanny Crosby was famous in her lifetime for her prodigious output of hymns. Those hymns are still sung in churches in the twentieth century.
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Musicians Sir Hubert Parry and Joseph Parry
If you have ever sung the sacred song Jerusalem, you have experienced Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry at his finest. But he and Joseph wrote much more than songs.
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The Bach Family of Musicians
Everyone knows a little about Johann Sebastian Bach. But he came from a family teeming with musicians. Who are some of his musical relatives?
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The Life of Johann Christian Bach
J.C. Bach, the youngest son of J.S. Bach, achieved success as a composer of chamber music, orchestral works, symphonies and operas.
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The Name Game: Musically-named Standardbred Race Horses
A medley of Standardbred sires and dams, and how music is incorporated into the naming of foals, and generations of race horses.
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Bach to school!
Ready or not, we're going to be BACH at it soon! School will be starting again for some of us next week and for others, within a month. So why not start the school year off with a Bach unit? And you're probably thinking, "Is she nuts?!
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Brief biography of CPE Bach, master of the keyboards, arguably, founder of modern piano-playing, and famous for "treatise on how to play the keyboard correctly."
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Easter Oratorios
From the glorious Handel to the mysterious Pärt, the Easter season offers the excuse to explore music commemorating the passion and resurrection of Christ.
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Francis Poulenc of 'Les Six'
Brief biography of composer and pianist Francis Poulenc, of 'Les Six' ('The Six) group of French composers. Famous for ballet 'Les Biches' ('The Little Darlings.')
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Luigi Boccherini Bio
Brief biography of Classical period composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini, his life and works that influenced later prominent composers like Gluck, Haydn and Mozart.
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Mountain Yearning
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's music; and Mountain Yearning.
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American Composer Mabel Wheeler Daniels
Mabel Wheeler Daniels was never able to sustain herself financially from her compositions, but her family was wealthy and she was encouraged to continue in her career.
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Antonio Salieri
Brief biography of Antonio Salieri - his life and major works. His name has often been linked to Mozart's.
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Composer Maria von Paradis
A brief look at the life and career of Maria Theresa von Paradis, a blind piano virtuoso and composer who was a friend of Mozart.
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's life.
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Joseph Haydn Biography
Life and Works of Franz Joseph Haydn, one of the greatest Austrian Classical composers, regarded as Father of Symphony.
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Jules Massenet French Opera Master
Brief biography of Jules Massenet, his life, career, operas and other works. Famous for opera Manon, Le Cid and Thaïs, with the famous intermezzo 'Meditation.'
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Marc-André Hamelin Plays Haydn
Marc-André Hamelin, known for technical and artistic achievements alike, released a recording of Haydn's Piano Sonatas which exudes playfulness, humor and sheer delight.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Bio of Composer Sir Edward Elgar's life and music revisited as the English musical world celebrate the great composer's 150th birthday anniversary.
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WWII and Italian Americans, Part 1
A psycho-social profile of the effect of World War II on second-generation Italian Americans and the process of Americanization.
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Notes on the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" written and composed by Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation founder.
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Christmas Vespers: JS Bach Magnificat Notes
JS Bach's Magnificat, is a canticle, a sacred music of praise by Mary, on learning she'll give birth to Christ. Bach's Magnificat brief history, and other information.
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Composer Mikhail Glinka's Life
Brief biography of Mikhail Glinka - his life and works. Famous for Russian folk-themed opera, Ruslan and Lyudmila. Master of Russian symphonic music.
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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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French Female Composers in History
Some interesting facts and information about several French women composers who were born before the year 1900.
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Gaius Valerius Catullus Poetry
Brief summary of the life and poetry of Latin poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, a great admirer of Sappho, and famous for his love poems.
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Gustav Holst and The Planets
Life and works of Gustav Holst, famous for orchestral suite 'The Planets.'
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Gustav Mahler's Middle Years
Gustav Mahler was Jewish and found a great deal of anti-semitism alive in the opera houses where he found himself engaged. Depression and frustration were his companions.
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Italian Composer Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni's brief biography - his life and contribution to Italian opera, in particular, Verismo (Realism) movement. Famous for Cavalleria Rusticana.
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