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Three Pieces (2001) Richard Edward Wilson. Lord Chesterfield to his Son (1987) Music (1971) Stefan Wolpe. Piece Alone (1966) William Wordsworth. Sonata for Violoncello (1961) [38] Charles Wuorinen. Cello Variations I to Fred Sherry (1970) Cello Variations II (1975) Cello Variations III (1997)
This is a compilation of pieces for cello and pipe organ. See also the entries on cello and the List of compositions for cello and orchestra, List of compositions for cello and piano and List of solo cello pieces. Ordering is by surname of composer.
The piece's popular familiarity has been enhanced by its traditional use as accompaniment by travelling circuses [99] and on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) when novelty acts such as plate spinners appeared. [17] Conan O'Brien's late night talk show (1993–2009) used it as the theme for the masturbating bear ...
His most notable instrumental compositions were his Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 (1894), which entered the standard repertoire, [1] and his Auditorium Festival March (1901). He conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1898 to 1904 (taking over from founding conductor Frederic Archer ) and then founded the Victor Herbert Orchestra ...
Hindustani classical music is an integral part of the culture of India and is performed across the country and internationally. Exponents of Hindustani classical music, including Ustad Bismillah Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and Ravi Shankar have been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India, for their contributions to the ...
The cello is most closely associated with European classical music. The instrument is a part of the standard orchestra, as part of the string section, and is the bass voice of the string quartet (although many composers give it a melodic role as well), as well as being part of many other chamber groups.
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.