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This is yet another work by Anderson that efficiently depicts a scene, something made possible only by the composer's deep understanding of instrumentation used for reproducing lifelike sounds: at the end of Sleigh Ride, for example, we hear a trumpet whine like a weary horse, and here in The Waltzing Cat, the strings cleverly depict the cat's meow.
The work opens with a lazy but chipper waltz theme played by the strings, whose use of portamento on key notes creates the meow effect. The middle section is reminiscent of cartoon music, with lots of playful, cat-and-mouse-like action.
The main theme returns in all its colorful nonchalance and charming meows in the latter half close out this charming work.
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Composer: Leroy Anderson.
Performer: Markus Staab.
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This is yet another work by Anderson that efficiently depicts a scene, something made possible only by the composer's deep understanding of instrumentation used for reproducing lifelike sounds: at the end of Sleigh Ride, for example, we hear a trumpet whine like a weary horse, and here in The Waltzing Cat, the strings cleverly depict the cat's meow.
The work opens with a lazy but chipper waltz theme played by the strings, whose use of portamento on key notes creates the meow effect. The middle section is reminiscent of cartoon music, with lots of playful, cat-and-mouse-like action.
The main theme returns in all its colorful nonchalance and charming meows in the latter half close out this charming work.
Image by Stuart Miles (freedigitalphotos.net/)
Composer: Leroy Anderson.
Performer: Markus Staab.
MUSOPEN Song:
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ftBeU1rAwXU/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson
This is yet another work by Anderson that efficiently depicts a scene, something made possible only by the composers deep understanding of instrumentation used for reproducing lifelike sounds: at the end of Sleigh Ride, for example, we hear a trumpet whine like a weary horse, and here in The Waltzing Cat, the strings cleverly depict the cats meow.
The work opens with a lazy but chipper waltz theme played by the strings, whose use of portamento on key notes creates the meow effect. The middle section is reminiscent of cartoon music, with lots of playful, cat-and-mouse-like action.
The main theme returns in all its colorful nonchalance and charming meows in the latter half close out this charming work.
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Composer: Leroy Anderson.
Performer: Markus Staab.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/2001/leroy-anderson/the-waltzing-cat/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - 4 Ballades, Op.10 by Johannes Brahms](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g2zr2D5LdTc/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - 4 Ballades, Op.10 by Johannes Brahms
The Ballades, Op. 10, were some of the finest examples of lyrical piano music written by Brahms during his youth. They were dated 1854 and were dedicated to his friend Julius Otto Grimm.
Their composition coincided with the beginning of the composers lifelong affection for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, who was helping Brahms launch his career. Frédéric Chopin had written the last of his famous ballades only 12 years earlier, but Brahms approached the genre differently from Chopin, choosing to take its origin in narrative poetry more literally.
Brahmss ballades are arranged in two pairs of two, the members of each pair being in parallel keys. The first ballade was inspired by a Scottish poem Edward found in a collection compiled by Johann Gottfried Herder.
It is also one of the best examples of Brahmss bardic or Ossianic style; its open fifths, octaves, and simple triadic harmonies are supposed to evoke the sense of a mythological past.
Composer: Johannes Brahms.
Performer: Luis Sarro.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/529/johannes-brahms/4-ballades-op10/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g4XzoSrq8l0/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms
The Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms is the last of his symphonies. Completed in 1885, the piece was first premiered for a private audience in a two-piano version. The symphony is rich in allusions, most notably to various Beethoven compositions.
This last movement is notable as a rare example of a symphonic passacaglia: for the repeating theme, Brahms adapted the chaconne theme in the closing movement of J.S. Bachs cantata, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150. This symphony in four movements is scored for two flutes (one doubling on piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, triangle (third movement only), and strings.
00:00 - I. Allegro Non Troppo.
12:40 - II. Andante Moderato.
23:54 - III. Allegro Giocoso.
30:14 - IV. Allegro Energico e Passionato.
Composer: Johannes Brahms.
Performer: Musopen Symphony.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/1566/johannes-brahms/symphony-no-4-in-e-minor-op-98/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76 by Hector Berlioz](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gP5XDyHCdGg/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76 by Hector Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini is an opera in two acts by Berlioz, with libretto by Léon de Wailly and Henri Auguste Barbier.
The first of his operas, it is loosely based on the memoirs of the Florentine sculptor Benvenuto Cellini.
It is technically very challenging and not part of the standard operatic repertoire. However, the overture to the opera features in symphony orchestra programs, as well as the concert overture Le carnaval romain that Berlioz composed from material in the opera.
Composer: Hector Berlioz.
Performer: United States Marine Band.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/505/hector-berlioz/overture-to-benvenuto-cellini-h-76/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Etudes, Op. 25 by Frédéric Chopin](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hakKoz4fhGA/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Etudes, Op. 25 by Frédéric Chopin
Chopins second set of Études was published in 1837, and dedicated to Franz Liszts mistress, Marie dAgoult, the reasons for which are a matter of speculation.
Chopins Études were the foundation of a new system of technical piano playing that was radical and revolutionary. They are some of the most challenging and evocative pieces of all the works in concert piano repertoire.
Because of this, they remain popular and are often performed in both concert and private stages.
00:00 - 1 in A flat major - Aeolian Harp / Shepherd Boy.
02:39 - 2 in F minor - The Bees.
04:27 - 3 in F major - The Horseman.
06:10 - 4 in A minor - Paganini.
08:01 - 5 in E minor - Wrong Note.
11:46 - 6 in G sharp minor - Thirds.
13:56 - 7 in C sharp minor- Cello.
20:03 - 8 in D flat major - Sixths.
21:21 - 9 in G flat major - Butterfly.
22:30 - 10 in B minor - Octave.
26:54 - 11 in A minor - Winter Wind.
30:41 - 12 in C minor - Ocean.
Performer: Edward Neeman.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/1089/frederic-chopin/etudes-op-25/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Jazz Legato by Leroy Anderson](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iMY6e9mYUg0/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Jazz Legato by Leroy Anderson
Written in 1938, this is one of Andersons earliest surviving works.
Written at the request of conductor Arthur Fiedler, the work helped launch Anderons career.
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Composer: Leroy Anderson.
Performer: Markus Staab.
MUSOPEN Song:
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Habanera by Alfred Cottin](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iMg6ahwZoJE/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Habanera by Alfred Cottin
Habanera is a piece for solo guitar composed by French guitar composer Alfred Cottin.
Performer: Bert Alink.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/3384/alfred-cottin/habanera/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Mazurkas, Op. 41 by Frédéric Chopin](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iOwU3k49PCA/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Mazurkas, Op. 41 by Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin wrote the Mazurkas, Op, 41, between 1838 and 1839, and published them the latter year.
The set consists of four pieces, and a standard performance lasts about ten minutes.
The Op. 41 was dedicated to Stefan Witwicki, a poet friend of Chopins, whose poems he set to music more than once.
00:00 - C sharp minor, Op. 41 no. 1.
03:54 - E minor, Op. 41 no. 2.
06:15 - B major, Op. 41 no. 3.
07:32 - A flat major, Op. 41 no. 4.
Performer: Edward Neeman.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/2843/frederic-chopin/mazurkas-op-41/
Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Sérénade florentine by Henri Duparc](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iiiGHcyZFfw/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Sérénade florentine by Henri Duparc
Sérénade florentine is a song for voice and piano by Henri Duparc. It was composed in 1881 and published around 1883.
Featuring a libretto by Henri Cazalis, as Jean Lahor, this song was dedicated to Monsieur Henry Cochin.
Performer: European Archive.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/3111/henri-duparc/serenade-florentine/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - 2 Mazurkas, B. 16 by Frédéric Chopin](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ij0S5xPtAzU/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - 2 Mazurkas, B. 16 by Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin wrote his set of Mazurkas, B. 16, in 1826, and published them the same year. These are two pieces, in the keys of G and B flat major, without a known dedicatee.
The versions of the first publication were revised versions: the original versions reached the public in print in 1875.
As these pieces dont have a proper Opus number, they are usually referred to as B. 16, S 1/2, and KK IIa/2, according to its entry numbers in the Brown, Chominski, and Kobylanska catalogues respectively.
00:00 - Mazurka in G major, B. 16 no. 1.
01:19 - Mazurka in G major, B. 16 no. 2.
Performer: Edward Neeman.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/2833/frederic-chopin/2-mazurkas-b-16/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Les soirées dAuteuil, Op. 23 by Napoleón Coste](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jBMeYD6tOfY/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Les soirées dAuteuil, Op. 23 by Napoleón Coste
Les soirées dAuteuil, Op. 23, is a piece for solo guitar composed by Napoleón Coste.
It consists of two movements, Serenade and Scherzo.
00:00 - Serenade.
03:43 - Scherzo.
Performer: Edson Lopes.
MUSOPEN Song:
https://musopen.org/music/3383/napoleon-coste/les-soirees-dauteuil-op-23/
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![[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Duuiensela by Antonio de Cabezón](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jdWpfJ-VNZo/hqdefault.jpg "[CLASSICAL MUSIC] - Duuiensela by Antonio de Cabezón
Duuiensela is a piece for keyboard written by Antonio de Cabezón.
It was first published in 1570 as part of Obras de musica para tecla, arpa y vihuela (Musical Works for Keyboard, Harp, and Vihuela).
Performer: Joan Benson.
MUSOPEN Song:
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