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  • This supernatural fantasy for orchestra was composed by the Russian composer Mussorgsky in 1867 and re-orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1886. Notes from Mussorgsky’s own score make clear its programmatic nature....

    Night on Bald Mountain

    This supernatural fantasy for orchestra was composed by the Russian composer Mussorgsky in 1867 and re-orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1886. Notes from Mussorgsky’s own score make clear its programmatic nature....

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  • Wolfgang on his hometown: “Salzburg is no place for me.” On its residents: “One can’t have any proper social intercourse with those people.” On the court musicians for whom he...

    Symphony No. 34 in C Major

    Wolfgang on his hometown: “Salzburg is no place for me.” On its residents: “One can’t have any proper social intercourse with those people.” On the court musicians for whom he...

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  • This is the symphony which truly defined an age – Beethoven’s “heroic” period, in which many of his great works were composed – as well as the beginning of the...

    “Eroica” Symphony

    This is the symphony which truly defined an age – Beethoven’s “heroic” period, in which many of his great works were composed – as well as the beginning of the...

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  • By profession an eminent chemist and professor, Borodin (1833-1887) was also a member of a Russian musical circle which included Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. While his musical output was not large,...

    Polovtsian Dances

    By profession an eminent chemist and professor, Borodin (1833-1887) was also a member of a Russian musical circle which included Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. While his musical output was not large,...

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