History (based on materials from the Grove Dictionary of Music): Delibes' "Sous le dôme épais", Leoncavallo's "I pagliacci", Barber's adagio for strings - the history of classical music is filled with many examples of so-called "one-hit wonders".
History (based on materials from the Grove Dictionary of Music): Blind from the age of three, Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) began his musical education at an early age, gradually progressing to studies at the Parisian Conservatoire and
≈ History ≈ {adapted from The Grove Dictionary, All Music Guide & The Rough Guide to Opera} The successful 1674 premiere on the London stage of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in an elaborate production by actor-manager Thomas Betterton and
History: While primarily remembered today for his trio of tone poems in praise of Rome's fountains, pines and holidays, a great part of Ottorino Respighi's (1879-1936) career was built upon transcriptions of past music: indeed, his first real success
History (based on materials from http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/essay/cu4.html and the Grove Dictionary of Music): The Goldberg Variations are the last of a series of keyboard music Bach published under the title of "Clavierübung", and are often
≈ History ≈ {adapted from the Grove Dictionary} In 1819, Austrian composer Anton Diabelli {1781-1858}, an aspiring music publisher, developed a plan to circulate a waltz of his own invention to the notable composers working in Austria at the time
