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NOT ONE WELL-KNOWN COMPOSER HAS WRITTEN A SYMPHONY IN THE KEY OF G-SHARP MINOR? The only moderately well-known composer to have done so was Nikolai…

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There exists 16 recordings of Brukner’s Eight Symphony conducted by Sergiu Celibidache? All but three are with the Munich Philharmonic. They are spread over a…

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2022 is a big anniversary year for composers? It marks the 250th of the birth of Domenico Puccini (grandfather of Giacomo) on April 5; the 200th of…

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In Osaka every December there is a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth with a chorus of 10,000?   No, that’s not a misprint. 10,000 singers! They…

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There are at least three other composers name “Tchaikovsky” besides the famous one? In addition to Piotr Ilyich there are Alexander (b. 1946), his uncle…

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THERE ARE MORE OPERAS BY VERDI IN THE STANDARD REPERTORY THAN BY ANY OTHER COMPOSER?  These include for sure Nabucco, Ernani, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Il trovatore,…

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The title character in Auber’s opera La Muette de Portici (The Mute Woman of Portici) has nothing to sing? The role usually goes to a…

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OVER THE COURSE OF 47 YEARS, JAMES LEVINE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 2,500 PERFORMANCES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA? Levine died on March 9 of this year…

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… THERE WAS A COMPOSER NAMED JOHANN STRAUSS III? Johann I founded the Strauss dynasty and sired three sons. One of them was Johann II…

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