CELIA CRUZ
The Queen Of
Salsa, the late
Celia Cruz. AZUCAR!
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COMPOSERS-BACH
Johann
Sebastian Bach 1685-1750.
Bach is considered by many to have been the greatest composer in the
history
of western music. Together with his great contemporary Handel, Bach was
the last great representative of the Baroque era in an age which was
already
rejecting the Baroque aesthetic in favour of a new, 'enlightened' one.
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COMPOSERS-BRAHMS
Johannes
Brahms 1833-1897. Brahms'
artistic credo was expressed by his famous statement that, "If we can
not
compose as beautifully as Mozart and Haydn, let us at least try to
compose
as purely."
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COMPOSERS-CHOPIN
Frederic
Chopin 1810-1849. Chopin
was probably one of the greatest and most refined pianists in history.
Chopin's discovery of the piano's potential to inhabit a complete and
poetic
world of song and colour set the standard for all future piano music.
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COMPOSERS-DEBUSSY
Claude Debussy
1862-1918. Opinions
will always be divided over the greatest artists yet, despite his
controversial
life and obscure end, Debussy’s reputation as a major composer, the
father
of modern music, is still assured.
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COMPOSERS-DVORAK
Antonin Dvorak
1841-1904. Antonin
Dvorak is the best known and world's most-played Czech composer of all
times. Dvorak’s musical inventiveness was bottomless, and the beauty of
his melodies unique.
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COMPOSERS-HAYDN
Joseph Haydn
1732-1809. He was widely
revered, immensely prolific and regarded as Vienna's grand old man of
music.
In May 1809, when Napoleon's armies captured the city of Vienna,
Napoleon
himself ordered that an honour guard be placed outside the home where
the
master composer lay on his death bed.
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COMPOSERS-FRANZ LISZT
Franz Liszt,
1811-2636. Regarded
as the greatest pianist of all time, Listz's genius extended far beyond
the piano to expand musical composition and performance well beyond its
19th century limitations. Liszt has emerged as one of the most
awe-inspiring
figures in all of music history.
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COMPOSERS-MOZART
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791.
Mozart was buried in a pauper's grave with no witness nor cross to mark
the place. He was neglected during his life and neglected at his end.
He
devoted his life to music. His music is with us for as long as we have
ears to listen.
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COMPOSERS-JACQUES OFFENBACH
Jacques Offenbach
1819-2630. Although of German-Jewish
origins, Offenbach
has come to be thought of as essentially a French composer because of
his
great regard for Paris. Offenbach brought his gift for melody to his
more
serious opera, 'The Tales of Hoffman', regarded by many as his greatest
work.
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COMPOSERS-SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
A titan among
pianists, Sergei Rachmaninoff,
1873-1943, was the last of the great Romantic composers. His music,
although
written mostly in the 20th century, remains firmly entrenched in the
19th
century musical idiom. Rachmaninoff combined his formidable technique
with
a profound understanding of the music he was playing.
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COMPOSERS-MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel, 1875-1937,
combined skill in orchestration with
meticulous technical
command of harmonic resources, writing in an attractive musical idiom
that
was entirely his own. Ravel was one of the most original and
influential
composers of the twentieth century.
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COMPOSERS-SCHUBERT
Franz Schubert
1797-1828. After his
untimely death, the manuscripts of his music were found in a closet, an
incomparable collection whose worth is beyond any gold.
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COMPOSERS-ROBERT SCHUMANN
There is a
good case to be made that
Robert Schumann, 1810-1856, is the purest embodiment of early
romanticism
in music. Schumann composed almost until the end and there are
important
works throughout his life that are still performed surprisingly
infrequently.
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COMPOSERS-RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss,
1864-1949, stirred controversy with symphonic
works
that inspired avid debate throughout contemporary music circles, as
well
as with erotic operas that literally incited crowds to riot. More than
fifty years after his death, his masterpieces still enjoy international
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COMPOSERS-TCHAIKOVSKY
Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky 1840-1893.
Tchaikovsky was one of the greatest composers ever to have lived and an
artist whose music conveys the very spirit of 19th century Russia. The
music of this man was colourful, passionate and moving.
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COMPOSERS-VERDI
Giuseppe Verdi
1813-1901. Among composers
of genius, Verdi is perhaps the last complete, self-fulfilled creator,
absorbed in his art, at one with it and a man who dissolved everything
in his work. When he died, 28,000 people lined the streets for the
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COMPOSERS-VIVALDI
Antonio
Vivaldi 1678-1741. Vivaldi
was one of the most brilliant virtuosos of the first quarter of the
18th
century. Vivaldi’s music is vibrant, surging with life and energy, as
passionate
and compelling as when it first echoed in the city of the sea, Venice.
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COMPOSERS-WAGNER
Richard Wagner
(1813-2633) Wagner
is undoubtedly one of the leading figures of the 19th century. Wagner
inspired
not only musicians and composers, but artists alike. His works are
hated
as much as they are worshipped, but no one denies their greatness.
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