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- Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...o Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Switzerland]]. She later stud...
7: ...], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], and [[Franz Liszt]]. A few years later she recorded Chopin...
9: ...certo No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [...
11: ...r pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of important...
20: ...oncertos Nos. 1 & 3/[[B鬡 Bartart: Piano Concerto No. 3'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]]) - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: ...posed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quart...
27: *Concerto for bassoon and low strings (1975)
31: *''Introitus'' concerto for piano and chamber orchestra (1978)
35: *''Garten von freuden und traurigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp a...
67: *Concerto for viola and orchestra (1996) - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbringing a...
7: ...ano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...iolinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequent performance partners. Schumann is credited...
9: ... of the piano at the [[Hoch Conservatorium]] at [[Frankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1...
14: .... Her works include songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, a [[piano trio]] with violin and cello, and thre... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
6: ...y to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to...
8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
14: ...g joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <fo...
16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...nt]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little'' to...
4: Clarinets are made from specially chosen varieties of [[wood]] or, in t...
15: ...ak" notes are the clarion register, and the range from high C (with two ledger lines) to the G above t...
20: ...e major manufacturer makes professional clarinets from a composite mixture of plastic resin and wood c...
22: ...d with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one back) and 17 keys which allow the full mu... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
16: ...'[[Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel)|Piano Concerto for the Left Hand]]''. - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
1: ...perfect fourth above the [[oboe]], its compass is from b to g"'#, sounding a perfect fourth higher.
3: ...hann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s second [[Brandenburg Concerto]], where it played the high trumpet part in the l... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...note produced) is modified by finger holes in the front and back of the instrument. Because of the fix...
3: ...softly, the other loudly. [[Vivaldi]] wrote three concertos for the "flautino", an instrument first thought ...
5: ...since the early clarinet was, in a sense, derived from the recorder, at least in its outward appearanc...
13: ... Fork fingerings have a different tonal character from the diatonic notes, giving the recorder its cha...
15: Today, high-quality recorders are made from a range of different hardwoods, such oiled [[pe... - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ... is used to differentiate the historic instrument from its modern counterpart. Increasing interest in...
4: The sackbut derived from the medieval slide [[trumpet]]. It originated i...
16: ...[17th Century]] [[Italian music]]. Sackbuts also frequently played courtly [[dance music]].
21: ...com Concerto Palatino], [http://www.lafenice.asso.fr/ La Fenice], [http://www.piffaro.com Piffaro], th... - Ondes Martenot (2090 bytes)
2: ...he [[thermionic valve]]s that produce oscillating frequencies, responsible for the female voice effect...
4: ...nd [[Maurice Jarre]]; [[Andr頊olivet]] wrote a [[concerto]] for it in 1947.
5: On television [[Barry Gray]] frequently used it in his scores for [[Gerry Anderso...
7: ...and [[science fiction]] movies, and is still used from time to time. Its uses include ''[[Lawrence of...
11: *[http://ondesmartenot.free.fr/site%20anglais/homepage.html Christine Ott: Ondes... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[...
5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di...
30: [[Image:Dresden pedal.jpg|frame|right|This pedal is on a Dresden timpano. The ... - Triangle (instrument) (2713 bytes)
2: ...orners by a piece of thin wire or gut, leaving it free to vibrate. It is usually struck with a metal b...
4: ...instrument are unknown, but a number of paintings from the [[Middle Ages]] depict the instrument being...
8: ...ngle really prominent was [[Franz Liszt]]'s Piano Concerto No. 1, where it is used as a solo instrument in t...
12: Most difficulties in playing the triangle come from the complex rhythms which are sometimes written... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...f his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], the [[Mass in ...
7: ... more distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and...
11: ...cles were also all professional musicians ranging from church organists and court chamber musicians to...
13: ...g Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elder b...
22: ...ression made possible by their slight differences from each other — available to keyboard musici... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
29: ...usic'' is occasionally used: it designates music from a period in musical history covering approximat...
33: ...formance practices. Normally, this ability comes from formal training, which usually begins with lear...
37: ...-note details) in the score. Indeed, deviations from the composer's intentions are sometimes condemn...
41: ...imes improvised the [[cadenza]]s to their [[piano concerto]]s--but tended to write out the cadenzas when oth...
51: ...essible', (trashy?) Frank Zappa's work 'simple', (Frank Zappa is considered by many a serious composer... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ... was admired by later composers and his works are frequently played today.
11: ...birth. Mozart received intensive musical training from his father, including instruction in both the [...
19: ...in performance, then wrote it out in its entirety from memory, only returning a second time to correct...
23: ...e was so taken by the sound created by [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s [[glass harmonica]] that he composed se...
29: ...1784–1858) or [[Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart|Franz Xaver Wolfgang]] (later a minor composer himse... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ... classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
12: ...]]). The ballets trace his stylistic development: from the ''L'oiseau de feu'', whose style draws larg...
16: [[Image:Stravinsky_picasso.png|frame|Stravinsky and [[Pablo Picasso]] collaborated ...
19: ...arried in [[New York]] where they had gone from [[France]] to escape the war in [[1940]].
21: ...lso able to attract commissions: most of his work from ''The Firebird'' onwards was written for specif...
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