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Bach
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Although now beloved and revered by millions as the greatest composer who ever lived, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was best known in his lifetime as an organist, and was eclipsed in fame as a composer by two of his 20 children.
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Beethoven
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For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with his music to reveal a titanic personality, vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic…
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Brahms
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Brahms is one of the best loved, yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse.
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Discover Music of the Baroque Era
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Bach, Vivaldi and Handel are the three great composers of the Baroque era, though there are many other well-known figures, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti.
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Discover Music of the Romantic Era
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Amid a background of wars and revolution, the 19th century produced many of the world's best-loved composers, including Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky.
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Instruments of the Orchestra
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Instruments of the orchestra, yes, but not just instruments in the orchestra. This is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts and in pieces from the Middle Ages to the present.
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Joseph Haydn: His Life and Works
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No great composer's story is more predominantly happy than Haydn's, though even his has its share of clouds.
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The Life and Works of Beethoven
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For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived...
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The Life and Works of Chopin
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Frédéric Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence.
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Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most astonishing child prodigy in the history of music, is felt by many people to be the greatest composer who ever lived.
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