Georg Philipp Telemann

Born: 1681 - Died: 1767

Listen to some of Telemann's music. Does it sound similar or different from the music of J.S. Bach?

Concerto For Oboe in D minor

Trio Sonata For Recorder and Violin

 

Concerto for Trumpet in D major, Adagio

More Practice with Whole and Half Steps

Try to figure out whether the following notes are a whole or half step apart. Check your answers. Play each note and see if there is a key (black or white) in between the two notes. If there is then they are a whole step apart. If they are right next to each other, then they are only a half step apart.

Baroque Concertos

Baroque composers wrote concertos for many different instruments. Listen to these concertos that have some interesting combinations of instruments..

G. P. Telemann, Concerto for Alto Recorder and Bassoon - Listen as the orchestra begins the music. Can you hear where the deep bassoon enters? Then soon the higher, lighter recorder begins playing. The two instruments have very different sounds.



G. P Telemann, Concerto for Three French horns and violin - The solo violin comes in about 40 seconds into the piece.



A. Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Mandolins - a mandolin is a plucked string instrument that is a bit like a guitar and was popular in the 1600s and 1700s.

Maurizio Pollini

Listen to some amazing performances by the famous pianist featured in the magazine this month.

Video from the Chopin Competition in 1960




F. Schubert, Three Piano Pieces, D 946-1



L. van Beethoven, Sonata Nr. 23, Op. 23



 

October Birthdays

1 Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Russian/American pianist
9 Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) French composer
10 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Italian opera composer
10 Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) Italian tenor
12 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) English composer
14 Gary Graffman (b. 1928) American pianist
20 Charles Ives (1874-1954) Innovative American composer
21 Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997) One of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.
22 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian composer and pianist
25 Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) Austrian composer known as the "Waltz King"
26 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Italian composer and harpsichord virtuoso, son of Alessandro
27 Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) Italian violin virtuoso/composer
28 Howard Hanson (1896-1981) American composer

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