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Classical music history blog posts from Tel Asiado through the Romantic Period.

Brief Biography of Benny Goodman

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Written by Tel Asiado
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman is known as the "King of Swing." He is born in Chicago, US, on May 30. Although he also played classical music with works by Copland and Hindemith, he is remembered in the jazz genre.
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A Profile of Leopold Mozart

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Written by Tel Asiado
German composer, violinist and theorist Leopold Mozart is born May 28 (1719). For all his own achievements, he has mainly been referred to as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Indeed, Leopod Mozart practically gave up his career to concentrate on his two gifted children. Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) was born in Augsburg. In 1747, she married Anna Maria Pertl, who took the role of a dutiful wife and mother.
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"Duke" Ellington and that Jazzy Feeling

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Written by Tel Asiado
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is born April 29 (1899), in Washington, D.C. He was a famous black American pianist, bandleader, and composer, regarded as the most influential musician when it comes to jazz.
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Sergey Prokofiev, one of 20th Century's Greatest Composers

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Written by Tel Asiado
Composer Sergey (or Sergei) Prokofiev is born April 23, at Sontsovka, in the Ukraine. Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. He is famous for operas The Love for Three Oranges, ballet Romeo and Juliet, and the popular charming tale for children, Peter and the Wolf for narrator and orchestra, for which he wrote his own libretto based on a Russian folk tale.
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Handel's Messiah with Powerful "Hallelujah Chorus"

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Written by Tel Asiado
George Frideric Handel's Messiah remains the greatest oratorio of all time, and most famous for Lent and Christmas. Handel's oratorio Messiah, a fixture music for Christmas and Easter most especially the extremely famous "Hallelujah Chorus," is in fact not originally created by Handel for Christmas, but for Lent. It was premiered on April 13, 1742, the Tuesday before Easter, in a small theater in Dublin, Ireland.
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