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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ironies in Rossini’s life and works: humorous anecdotes
Anecdotes

Ironies in Rossini’s life and works: humorous anecdotes

The ironies in Rossini’s life and career are many: By the time he composed his last opera, William Tell, in …Read the Rest

Franz Liszt and the symphonic poem
Composers

Franz Liszt and the symphonic poem

Early in his career, no one would have guessed that Franz Liszt would ever become capable of writing symphonic poems …Read the Rest

God Save the South: an update on Confederate music
Civil War music

God Save the South: an update on Confederate music

MRP4SNZYDHBB The Library of Congress Civil War Sheet Music Collection has five different items called “God Save the South!” These …Read the Rest

Adolphe Sax’s marketing campaign for new brass instruments
Trombone and other brass

Adolphe Sax’s marketing campaign for new brass instruments

If people know only one thing about Adolphe Sax, it’s that he invented a lot of new instruments in the …Read the Rest