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101Clarinet Sonata (Poulenc) — Francis Poulenc s Sonata for clarinet and piano (FP 184) dates from 1962 and is one of the last pieces he completed. The piece is dedicated to the memory of an old friend, the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, who like Poulenc had belonged to the… …
102Symphony — A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. Symphony does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonal works in four movements with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music… …
103Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) — Gustav Mahler in 1892, after he had composed the 1st symphony The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was… …
104Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky While the contributions of the Russian nationalistic group The Five were important in their own right in developing an independent Russian voice and consciousness in classical music, the compositions of Pyotr Ilyich… …
105Symphony No. 6 (Mahler) — The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler, sometimes referred to as the Tragische ( Tragic ), was composed between 1903 and 1904 (rev. 1906; scoring repeatedly revised). The work s first performance was in Essen, on May 27, 1906, conducted… …
106Variation (music) — This article is about the musical form. For other uses, see Variation (disambiguation). In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre …
107Mily Balakirev — Portrait of Balakirev Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian …
108Michael Tippett — Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBE (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer. Michael Tippett In his long career he produced a large body of work, including five operas, three large scale choral works, four symphonies, five string …
109Concert Fantasia (Tchaikovsky) — The Concert Fantasia in G, Op. 56, for piano and orchestra, was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between June and October 1884. It was premiered in Moscow on 6 March [O.S. 22 February] 1885, with Sergei Taneyev as soloist and Max… …
110Overture — For other uses, see Overture (disambiguation). Overture (from the French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. During the early Romantic era,… …
