Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel are considered possibly the most important female figures of the Romantic Era. Both women were friends living with the struggles of trying to make a name for themselve
Ever since the mid 1800s and the birth of the American culture, America has produced some of the greatest and unique (European Classical mixed with Black Folk) Classical music of all time, here are just some of Americas greatest composers. Most divisive: Philip Glass Over 1.0K Ranker voters...
1825, Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 was included on the program, marking that symphony’s first documented performance in America. It was presumably an authentic performance, too, since Graupner had most likely played it under the composer’s direction...
Jacques Offenbach (, also US: , French: [ʒak ɔfɛnbak], German: [ˈɔfn̩bax] (listen); 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and ...
Invocation in Centrifugal Form (pitched and spoken voice, glass harmonium, audio sample CD #LE350. Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (ca.1580-1651) was called "Giovanni Girolamo tedesco della tiorba" (the German of the theorbo) and also nobile alemanne (German nobleman).Kapsperger was born in ...
Beethoven, who composed in classical music’sRomanticera, absolutely revolutionised orchestral music with his Third ‘Eroica’ Symphony, writing music that captured the inner struggle of the individual alongside the sheer joy of life. According to Beethoven expert and Classic FM presenter,John Suchet,...
She remained in America for the remainder of her life, where she continued to teach. She lectured for many years at the Chautauqua Institute and had a weekly radio program about chamber music. Most of Clarke's works were written in the first half of her life. Her oeuvre consists of 58 ...
Robert Nathaniel Dett was born in Ontario, a descendent of people who had escaped from slavery by travelling north to Canada. His family moved to America when he was 11, and Dett studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he became familiar with the compositions of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ...
or romantic love theme which the public goes away whistling. (In the old days it could even be a catchy march tune which becomes popular.) Light music fans appreciate the contribution that film themes make as a source of good tunes, and will supplement their collections from this source when...
Magnuson (2008), the Common Practice Period (1650–1900) of West- ern classical music is a macrocosm in that rules and practices were comparatively uni- fied and composers could be described as belonging to comparatively long periods such as the late Renaissance, Baroque, Classical or Romantic....