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The Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 103, is Franz Schubert’s most-often performed piano duet and is considered one of the great masterpieces of ensemble piano repertoire. Schubert completed the Fantasie in 1828, just a short …

Mozart composed the first of a set of six sonatas for violin and piano in 1778. The Sonata in G major, K. 301, consists of only two movements—an Allegro con spirito sonata movement and an …

Today, the music and the video will illustrate my message: In the solo piano music by Beethoven, it is often the very first chord which sets the overall mood for the music. With both hands …

Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto was commissioned by the late clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman. Goodman also had diverse musical interests, and during his career went from big band to bebop and beyond. But he was …

This is the very first music that I heard on Saturday, August 21, and it was glorious. Schubert famously and tragically died young, at 31, possibly from complications arising from syphilis, yet in his short …