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Tag: Vladimir Horowitz

Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever ~ Daily Listening Assignments

July 4, 2022
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Today is a great day for patriotic music and there’s nothing better than John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever A part of every Fourth of July program at the Esplanade in Boston involves a giant American flag unfurling from the ceiling during the Stars and Stripes.  Can you find it? Piano arrangement by Vladimir Horowitz: With […]

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Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor ~ Daily Listening Assignments

June 16, 2022
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Today’s assignment is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor. It is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt and is by far the most famous of the set. In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated […]

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Mendelssohn: Wedding March – Daily Listening Assignments

June 10, 2022
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  Since we had the Bridal Chorus a couple days ago, it’s time to march the bride and groom back up the aisle with the Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn. This Wedding March comes from Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It became customary to play this at marriage ceremonies from about the […]

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Bizet: Carmen ~ Daily Listening Assignments

June 3, 2022
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  Today we’re going to listen and learn about the opera Carmen. I chose this for today since it’s the anniversary of French composer Georges Bizet‘s death. Georges Bizet was born in Paris, France. Both his parents were musicians, and they actually wanted their son to become a composer when he grew up! Bizet loved […]

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Happy Birthday, Vladimir Horowitz!

October 1, 2021
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    Destined to become one of the world’s greatest pianists, Vladimir Horowitz was born in 1903 in Kiev, Russia. While most young children were playing games, Vladimir was playing with the ivories. His time was well spent as he was fully capable of performing publicly by the time he was sixteen. Within four years, […]

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