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Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

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6,524,316 views Aug 13, 2009 Night Of The Proms - Belgium - 2005

Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel)

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1,164,916,404 views Dec 5, 2013 1,164,916,404 views • Dec 5, 2013 1er Album « Mini World » sur iTunes http://po.st/MiniWorld Facebook :    / indilaofficiel   Twitter :    / indila   Compositeurs: Indila - Skalpovich Auteur: Indila

Céline Dion - Hymne à l'Amour - Paris Olympic Games (Piano Cover)

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4,452 views Jul 29, 2024 Piano cover of Hymne à l'Amour. Words by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. Arranged and performed by Piano Perspectives. This version was inspired by Céline Dion's amazing comeback performance at the Paris Olympic Games.

Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika (How Beautiful is Our Music) — University of Mindanao

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665 views Aug 3, 2024 by Ryan Cayabyab Congratulations to the University of Mindanao Chorale for winning the Grand Prix of 2024 Taipei International Choral Competition. 2024/8/2 National Concert Hall, Taipei

Prokofiev for Beginners: 10 Pieces to Make You Love Prokofiev

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by Emily E. Hogstad   Sergei Prokofiev   was born on 23 April 1891 in Sontsivka, present-day Ukraine. He became one of the famous rebellious enfant terribles of twentieth-century Russian music. Sergei Prokofiev Here are a few facts about his life and career: Prokofiev’s music blended steely modernism and traditional Russian character. He often combined dissonance and complex rhythms with more melodic and folk-inspired ideas. Prokofiev was a child prodigy who began composing at an early age. When he was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory, he was several years younger than his fellow students. (He would irritate his older peers by keeping track of their mistakes.) He cultivated a reputation as a misfit and a rebel. Prokofiev had a complicated relationship with Russia and the Soviet Union. He left his homeland in 1918 after the Russian Revolution but, homesick, returned in 1936. He ran into trouble with Soviet bureaucracy, and his ex-wife was even sent to a gulag after at...

Seven of the Most Unruly Audiences in Classical Music History

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by Emily E. Hogstad , Interlude Nowadays, classical music audiences are usually pretty tame. The worst that happens at an average concert is that people glare at someone else for applauding at the wrong time. It wasn’t always this way, though. Today we’re looking at seven times when classical music audiences became unruly…and what upset them so much! 1. The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini Rossini’s  The Barber of Seville 20 February 1816 in Rome Nowadays, we aren’t terribly familiar with composer Giovanni Paisiello, but back in the early nineteenth century, he was a respected rival of Gioachino Rossini. In 1782, Paisiello wrote an opera called  Il barbiere di Siviglia  (The Barber of Seville). It was based on a libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini, which in turn was based on a book by famed creative Frenchman Pierre Beaumarchais. This opera turned out to be the biggest success of Paisiello’s entire career. In 1815, Gioachino Rossini also looked to Beaumarch...

The Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour

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2,219,435 views Jun 7, 2010