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Samuel Barber composed his violin concerto in 1939. The nature of its origin led to the aspect that is the weirdest: the seeming incongruity between the character of the first two movements and that of …

French composer Jean Philippe Rameau was born on September 25th 1683. There is very little information on his early life. The first information about Rameau comes from after he gained eminence as a theorist of …

The song “Morgen” (“Tomorrow!”) is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss. It is designated Opus 27, Number 4. The German love poem “Morgen!” which …

Nikolaj Znaider is both a violinist and conductor. He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music studying under Milan Vitek and from the Vienna Conservatory studying under Boris Kuschnir. He became well-known after his victory …

The creation of this piano concerto occupied Johannes Brahms for at least five years. After beginning it as a two-piano sonata in 1854, he soon realized that the musical material required orchestral inclusion. Following this …