#Classicsaday

New month, new #ClassicsaDay theme. In July, we're honoring the legacy of Nadia Boulanger, who taught over 600 pupils -- including several who became the most important composers of the 20th Century. #Boulnger

New month, new #ClassicsaDay theme. In July we're honoring the legacy or Nadia Boulanger, who taught over 600 pupils -- including several who became the most important composers of the 20th Century. #Boulnger

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicsaDay Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto became a repertoire standard almost immediately after its premiere. So much so that it's overshadowed his two subsequent concertos. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): The Song of Love
Smyth refused to let gender hinder her career. This work was written in 1888. Tchaikovsky encouraged her, as did Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Danse Macabre
Saint-Saëns was married and had two children. But his interest in young men never waned. And that part of his life never hindered his career or fame as a composer and organist. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Adela Maddison (1862-1929): Piano Quintet
Maddison was a British composer and concert producer. Although married, she had an affair with Gabriel Faure, and later in life entered a long-term relationship with Martha Mundt. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Clement Harris (1871-1897): Paradise Lost
Harris was in a relationship with Siegfried Wagner. They were also part of Oscar Wilde's circle. "Paradise Lost" was written during a 6-month cruise with Wagner. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Frederick the Great (1712-1786): Flute Concerto No. 4 in D minor
Frederick's preference for men was an open secret at court. As a musician, he was a talented performer and composer, and he employed some of Europe's best musicians. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687): Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
Lully was the most influential musician at Louis XIV's court. Although he was married with children, his homosexual encounters eventually cost him the patronage of the king. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy (1605-1677): Airs a quatre parties
Coypeau incorporated popular elements into his music with witty satire. He was the lover of Cyrano de Bergerac, both of whom were members of an all-male "free spirits" club. #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Dominique Phinot (c.1510-c.1556): Messe Quam Pulchra es
Phinot was a major composer of sacred music. His works were published widely. In 1556, he was executed in Lyons for "homosexual practices." #PrideMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Luis Sandi (1905–1996): Sinfonia No. 2
Sandi studied with Carlo Chavez (among others). He conducted Mexico's top orchestras and was a member of the International Music Council of UNESCO. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Alfonso de Elias (1902-1984): Intermezzo
de Elias was a virtuoso pianist. And while he wrote many piano works, he also produced other forms of music: symphonies, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and other chamber music. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Eduardo Hernández Moncada (1899–1995): Sinfonia No. 1
Moncada was a member of the Nationalist Movement. He was vitally interested in blending traditional Mexican musical forms with those of modern classical to create a true national style. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940): 5 Canciones de Ninos & 2 Conciones Profanas para Voz y Piano
Revueltas first published this collection of songs in 1945 for voice and piano. In 1969, an arrangement for voice and orchestra was made available. #ClassicalMexico

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#Classicsaday Julián Carrillo Trujillo (1875–1965): Primera Suite para Orquesta, Op. 1
Carrillo would eventually develop his own musical system, Sonido 13. IN his early days, he composed music, like this suite, for a local orchestra. #ClassicalMexico
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#ClassicsaDay Alfredo Carrasco (1875–1945): Romanza in palabras
Carrasco spent most of his professional career in Mexico City. Romanza in palabras is one of his most popular works. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Luis Sandi (1905–1996): La Hoja de Plata
Sandi was a conductor, teacher, and composer. Although a large part of his output was choral, Sandi also wrote some important works for orchestra. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Melesio Morales (1839–1908): Il Sospiro d'Amore
Morales was a native Mexican opera composer. He achieved success as such in Florence in 1866. He wrote 10 operas, 2 cantatas, and several other works. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869): Dios munca muere
Alcalá was a violinist and pianist. Most of his music was improvised and seldom transcribed. One of his most popular works was Dios munca muere, written in 1868. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Aniceto Ortega (1825–1875): Marcha Zaragoza
Ortega was a physician, composer, and pianist. He composed one of the earliest Mexican operas that used an indigenous story. The Marcha Zaragoza is his most popular work. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Cenobio Paniagua (1821–1882): String Quartet No. 1
Paniagua was known primarily for his vocal works. He composed several operas, including the first Mexican opera seria. He was also a violinist and conductor. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay José María Bustamante (1777–1861): Habandera
Bustamante taught at the first conservatory in Latin America (f. 1824). He was also active in the Mexican independence movement. #ClassicalMexico
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#ClassicsaDay Juan Gutierrez de Padilla (ca. 1590-1664): En la noche más Buena
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#ClassicsaDay Manuel de Zumaya (1678–1755): Aunque al sueño
Zumaya was organist at the Mexico City Cathedral, and his music combines late-Renaissance, Baroque, and native musical styles. He's considered Mexico's greatest composer of the Baroque era. #ClassicalMexico

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#ClassicsaDay Giullaume de Machaut: Remede de Fortune
Machaut was a renowned poet as well as a composer. "Remede de Fortune" combines poetry, song, and drama -- all created by Machaut. #PoetryMonth

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#ClassicsaDay Franz Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Liszt's sonata isn't based on Dante's poetry, but rather a Victor Hugo poem reacting to Dante's work “Après une lecture de Dante." #PoetryMonth

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#ClassicsaDay John Alden Carpenter: Sea Drift (Walt Whitman)
Carpenter's inspiration for this 1933 tone poem was Whitman's "Sea Drift." This was a section of sea-inspired poems in "Leaves of Grass." #PoetryMonth
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#ClassicsaDay Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region (Walt Whitman)
This cantata was composed in 1906. It's one of RVW's first settings of Whitman's poetry. It wouldn't be his last. #PoetryMonth
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