Ludwig van BeethovenMost Beloved Piano Favourites The piano was Ludwig van Beethoven’s favourite instrument. He was a virtuoso at the keyboard, and his compositions for piano “became a vehicle for experimenting not only with the fundamental aspects and techniques of music, but also a means of self-expression.” Besides occasional pieces and various sets of variations, […]
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Katsaris plays Katsaris, the composer – Goodbye, Mr. Rachmaninov さようなら、ラフマニノフさん with sheet music Katsaris biography Cyprien Katsaris, the French-Cypriot pianist and composer, was born in Marseilles in 1951. He first began to play the piano in Cameroon where he spent his childhood, at the age of four, with Marie-Gabrielle Louwerse. A graduate of the Paris […]
Arnold Schoenberg: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time Arnold Schoenberg (b. Sept. 13, 1874, Vienna, Austrian Empire [Austria]—d. July 13, 1951, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.), Austrian-American composer Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (also spelled Schönberg), created a new method of composition based on a row, or series, of 12tones—a method described as atonality. He […]
Galuppi Baldassare Sonata Nr. 5, C Major with sheet music Galuppi Baldassare biography Baldassare Galuppi, a key figure in the history of Italian comic opera, was for some time known only through his mention in Robert Browning’s poem “A Toccata of Galuppi’s.” Galuppi‘s father was a barber and violinist who gave his son elementary music […]
Bill Evans plays Emily (with sheet music transcription) EMILY – The Jazz Standard “Emily” is a popular song composed by Johnny Mandel, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was the title song to the 1964 film The Americanization of Emily. (The song wasn’t sung in the movie, which is the reason that it couldn’t be […]
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W.C. HANDY: The 100 most inspiring musicians of all time American composer William Christopher Handy (b. Nov. 16, 1873, Florence, Ala., U.S.—d. March 28, 1958, New York, N.Y.), commonly known as W. C. Handy, changed the course of popular music by integrating the blues idiom into then-fashionable ragtime music. Among his bestknown works is the […]
The Godfather Waltz – Nino Rota (with sheet music) Sheet Music download here. Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino […]
Je Te Veux – Erik Satie with sheet music
The Beatles: The stories behing the songs 1967-1970 SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTSCLUB BAND The fruitful period which produced the singles ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ as well as the Sgt Pepper album was the first in which the Beatles could be totally devoted to the studio because they were free of touring commitments. They […]