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The movements of a symphony

Posted on the May 8th, 2009 under Classical Music

Symphonies’ First movements are quick and energetic, and frequently full of dramatic fire. In them the psychological story is begun which is to be developed in the remaining chapters of the work–its sorrows, hopes, prayers, or communings in the slow movement; its madness or merriment ::More

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Cappi & Diabelli as the cause of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations

Posted on the March 8th, 2009 under Beethoven

In 1819 Anton Diabelli, a Viennese music publisher trying to generate publicity for his new firm, Cappi & Diabelli, came up with a savvy promotional project. He sent a short waltz he had written, a trifle that could have been taken for a beer hall dance, to popular composers living in ::More