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Italian composer and conductor
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- Kingdom of Italy
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2024-01-03 14:00:34
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2023-10-09 13:47:41
Verdi, War, 2023
This Week in Classical Music: October 8, 2023. Verdi, War. Today is the 210th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, but we’re not in the mood to celebrate it: it seems inappropriate with the war raging in Israel and Gaza after the Hamas barbaric terrorist attack. There are many trite sayings about the power of music to heal, to make peace, but they all seem shallow in comparison to the news of civilians being killed in cold blood or the horror of the Israeli kids being abducted by Hamas into Gaza. If anything, throughout history music has been used to make war, from military bands leading troops into battle to Nazis using it in concentration camps. (And no, the Ride of the Valkyries wasn’t used in Vietnam by the US helicopter pilots, it was Francis Ford Coppola’s brilliant invention). We thought of maybe using parts of Verdi’s Requiem or the famous chorus […]
2023-09-19 22:44:32
2022-08-17 07:05:28
Nino Rota: The Godfather Waltz Context Nino Rota is fondly remembered for his film soundtracks, with The Godfather being at the top of that list. The 1972 film, directed byFrancis Ford Coppola, homes some of Rota’s most memorable music. Rota’s score was initially nominated for an Academy Award, however that […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
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