Mozart Dateline: September 30, 1791, The Magic Flute Premiered. Wolfgang A. Mozart conducted his opera The Magic Flute in its first performance in Vienna. His librettist, Schikaneder, was also the first Papageno. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620., (The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. This opera is in …Read more text
“The Planets” by Gustav Holst Premiered Classical Music Dateline: September 29, 1918. Gustav Holst’s suite “The Planets” was first performed on Sept 29, 1918, in Queen’s Hall, London. He composed it for voices and orchestra. It is Holst’s best-known music. The movements of “The Planets”: Mars, the Bringer of War: Use of timpani. Venus, the Bringer of Peace: Strings. Mercury, …Read more text
Classical Music Dateline: September 28, 1918 Igor Stravinksy’s L’Histoire du soldat, for narrator and seven instruments was first performed. Date: 28 September 1918 Venue: Lausanne, Municial Theatre Conductor: Ernest Ansermet Histoire du soldat (sometimes written L’histoire du soldat), is translated as The Soldier’s Tale or A Soldier’s Tale. It is a 1918 theatrical work “to be read, played, and danced” set …Read more text
Biography of George Gershwin, American composer, best known for Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin was born today, September 26 (1898), in Brooklyn, New York. He died in 1937. His compositions include comedies and popular songs. Aside from his famous concert work “Rhapsody in Blue,” he is also known for his opera “Porgy and Bess.” The lyrics of his musical comedies …Read more text
Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) 20th Century Russian Composer, Pianist and Music Professor © Tel Asiado. Biography of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, his life and works. One of 20th century’s greatest symphonists, famous for Symphony No.5. Dmitry Shostakovich is one of 20th century’s greatest Soviet composers. He excelled in symphonies, writing about 15 of them, with the Fifth Symphony considered his …Read more text
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