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Brahms for breakfast

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Dmitri Shostakovich playing cards with his children.

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Amazing

mood: famous people roasting wagner on wikiquote

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Hey guys it's been a while

Whenever I find a time in my life where I am not busy in about a dozen ways at once I'll update this. Thanks for over 1000 follows and all that, it pleases me so much that so many love classical music. In the meantime if you'd like to connect with me on social media I actually update, heres my FB (non classical)music page: https://m.facebook.com/sivdisa

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Igor Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971)

"Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it."

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Olivier Messiaen being excited about his awesome birthday cake.

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Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)

Work: Scherzo from Symphony Nr. 4 “Romantische” (this version 1886)

Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Georg Solti

As requested by Anon

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despite inconsistent posting and frequent multi-month hiatuses over the past year or so, I reached 1000 followers overnight. and I just wanted to say. thank you very much for all the kind messages, and general support I've received for this blog. I'm so happy to know that at least 1000 people actively seek out classical music to listen to. three cheers to all of you :] 

(party hat beethoven to help with the celebration)

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"Why isn’t this on IMSLP?" and a Collection of Other Short Stories 

By: Every Single Music Major

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Faure - Nocturne No.3 Op.33 No.3 in A flat major performed by Chris Breemer

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"William P. Gottlieb was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the ‘Golden Age’ of American Jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb’s photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this era of jazz." (x)

Photographed are: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, 52nd Street, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Hill, and Lena Horne.

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honestly my ideal aesthetic is a young joan jett with pictures of shostakovich and beethoven on my t-shirts instead of famous rock bands. 

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String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K 593- II.Adagio- Mozart. Performed by The Pro Arte Quartet and Alfred Hobday (viola)

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Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello  - "No-one has done more for the cello than Mstislav Rostropovich, or Slava as he was widely known. As well as being arguably the greatest cellist of the twentieth century, he expanded and enriched the cello repertoire by the sheer force of his artistry and his personality and composers lined up to write works for him. In this film by John Bridcut, friends, family and former pupils explore the unique talents of this great Russian artist, and listen to and watch him making music. Contributors include his widow Galina Vishnevskaya and their daughters Olga and Elena; the eminent conductors Seiji Ozawa and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky; and cellists who attended his famous classes in Moscow, including Natalya Gutman, Mischa Maisky, Moray Welsh, Elizabeth Wilson and Karine Georgian. The film traces the development of Rostropovich's international career amid the political tensions of the final years of the Soviet Union." (x)

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a great look into the life and work of a brilliant cellist. Highly recommended.

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Rachmaninov - Romance for Piano Six-hands. Performed by Monica Alianello/Alfonso Bertazzi/Andreas Pfaul.