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Back to SearchSierra's 'La Salsa'
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The Milwaukee Symphony was one of the first American orchestras to offer recordings of their live performances as digital downloads — and alo…
1 week, 3 days ago
Shostakovich on Broadway?
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On today’s date in 1925, Vincent Youman’s musical No, No Nanette opened on Broadway after a trial run in Detroit and additional preview stagi…
1 week, 4 days ago
Gisela Hernández
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Today’s date in 1912 marked the birthday of Cuban composer, choral director, and educator Gisela Hernández.
She began her musical studies at …
1 week, 5 days ago
Tan Dun and Beethoven – in (and out) of China
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On this date in 1973, Eugene Ormandy conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in music by Mozart, Brahms and American composer, Roy Harris. The p…
1 week, 6 days ago
Copland counts to 12
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On today’s date in 1967, Aaron Copland’s final orchestra work, Inscape, was premiered by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic at t…
2 weeks ago
A serenata by Vivaldi
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For decades many of the 20th century’s greatest composers routinely visited Venice’s famous canals and churches during a biennial music festi…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Dvorak's 'Luzany' Mass
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In 1886, a Czech patron of the arts, Josef Hlavka, had a chapel built at his summer residence at Lužany in Bohemia and asked his composer fri…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Cowell's Hymn and Fuguing Tunes
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American composer Henry Cowell lived from 1897 to 1965 and wrote thousands of musical works in a wide variety of styles. As a young boy, he l…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Finzi's Clarinet Concerto
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On today’s date in 1949, British composer Gerald Finzi conducted the premiere performance of his Clarinet Concerto at the Three Choirs Festiv…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Davis? Davies? Or Mavis?
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Today's date in 1934 marked the birthday of British composer Peter Maxwell Davies. His name is spelled D-A-V-I-E-S, so most Americans tend to…
2 weeks, 5 days ago