Musical Noses
 (Music, MP3 Downloads, Books, Kindle, Home & Kitchen, Movies, & More) Classical Musical NosesJohann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was born March 21, 1685 and died July 28, 1750. He was a German composer and organist. Although he produced over a 1000 works, he was more well known during his lifetime as an organist. Bach's works were revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty. He is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition. To read more on Bach's life and listen to a great video performance of his music,
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer born May 7, 1833. He died April 3, 1897. Despite his reputation as a serious composer of large, complex musical structures, some of Brahms' most widely known and most commercially successful compositions during his life were small-scale works of popular intent aimed at the thriving contemporary market for domestic music-making. For more information on the life of Johannes Brahms and to listen to a great video,
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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets. He was born March 1, 1810 and died October 17, 1849. To read more on Chopin and hear a great video,
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was born February 23, 1685 and died April 14, 1759. He was a German-born Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios and concerti grossi. He spent most of his adult life in England, becoming a subject of the British crown. His most famous works are Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible; Water Music; and Music for the Royal Fireworks. To read more on the life of Handel and listen to a great video,
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27, 1756 and died December 5,1791. He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.To read more on the life of Mozart and to hear a fantastic performance of his music,
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Peter Tchaikovsky was born in Russia May 7, 1840 and died November 2, 1893. He was the composer of The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. To learn more about him and to see a great video performance of his music,
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Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi, an Italian composer, was born March 4, 1678 and died July 28, 1741. In addition to being a composer, he was also a famous virtuoso violinist and a priest. His best known work is "Four Seasons", a series of four violin concerti.For more information on Vivaldi and to hear a stunning video performance of his music,
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The Nose (an Opera)Have you heard of an opera called "The Nose"? It's about a nose that becomes detached from its owner's face and develops a life of its own. The noseless owner searches for his nose but his nose has found a higher station in life and does not want to return. The opera, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1927-28, is based on the story "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol. It has been performed in the US in Boston and in March of 2010 in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera.
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