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Recommended recordings from @jeremydenk's wonderful memoir open.spotify.com/playlist/6E… including the Sebők recording of Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody that Jeremy couldn't find.
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#OnThisDay in 1896, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games was celebrated in Athens, 1500 years after the original games were banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I. #GenreOfTheDay: Greek Contemporary Classical open.spotify.com/playlist/5P…
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Happy 80th birthday Peter Greenaway. #GenreOfTheDay: English Baroque open.spotify.com/playlist/5q…
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#OnThisDay in 1842, Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, received its première performance in Milan. #GenreOfTheDay: Opera Chorus open.spotify.com/playlist/4J…
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#OnThisDay in 1875, Georges Bizet's last opera "Carmen" premieres in Paris. #GenreOfTheDay: French Opera open.spotify.com/playlist/0A…
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Ulysses by James Joyce is 100 years old today. #GenreOfTheDay: Modern Chamber Music open.spotify.com/playlist/6Z…
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born #OnThisDay in 1710. #GenreOfTheDay: Italian Baroque open.spotify.com/playlist/6Z…
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Sergei Prokofiev was born #OnThisDay in 1891. #GenreOfTheDay: Neoclassicism open.spotify.com/playlist/1q…
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99 years ago #OnThisDay, Ulysses by James Joyce was published. #GenreOfTheDay: Modern Chamber Music open.spotify.com/playlist/6Z…
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@EveryNoise is just unbelievable. Has to be the most amazing way to explore music that there is!
Incredible achievement - and very surprised to see who appears to be the most streamed Irish Contemporary Composer - familiar name... @michaelmcbot
everynoise.com/engenremap-ir… – at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
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#OnThisDay in 1806, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, "the Spanish Mozart", was born 50 years to the day after Mozart's birthday. #GenreOfTheDay: Early Romantic Era open.spotify.com/playlist/3V…
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#OnThisDay in 1808, at the Theater an der Wien, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy (both with Beethoven at the piano). #GenreOfTheDay: Epic Black Metal open.spotify.com/playlist/6Q…
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Belgian-French musical instrument maker and inventor of the saxophone Adolphe Sax was born #OnThisDay in 1814. #GenreOfTheDay: Classical Saxophone Quartet open.spotify.com/playlist/2N…
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Arthur Rimbaud was born #OnThisDay in 1854. #GenreOfTheDay: Impressionism open.spotify.com/playlist/5f…
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#OnThisDay in 1600, Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premiered in Florence, beginning the Baroque period. #GenreOfTheDay: Madrigal open.spotify.com/playlist/5u…
The Sound of 21/21st century string quartet, featuring @kronosquartet and 160 more ensembles open.spotify.com/playlist/6r…
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#OnThisDay in 1483, Italian painter and architect Raphael was born. He died #OnThisDay in 1520. #GenreOfTheDay: Italian Renaissance open.spotify.com/playlist/7b…