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Feramors is an opera in three (first version) or two (second version) acts by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Julius Rodenberg. The story is based on Lalla Rookh by the Irish poet Thomas Moore . The opera was composed in 1862.
Manuel de Falla, composer of Ritual Fire Dance. Ritual Fire Dance (Spanish: Danza ritual del fuego) is a movement of the ballet El amor brujo [1] (The Bewitched Love), written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla in 1915. It was made popular by the composer's own piano arrangement. [2] The dance has a duration of about three to four and a ...
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, romanized: Anton Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1829 – 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Symphony No. 2 in C major Ocean, Op. 42 (1851, original 4-mvt version) (1863, revised 6-mvt version) (1880, final 7-mvt version) [3] [original Symphony No. 3 in B-flat major (1853) - this 4-movement work was performed, but Rubinstein was not satisfied with it and it wasn't published] *
Stravinsky's goal in arranging Petrushka for the piano (along with Piano-Rag-Music) was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. (A 1961 live recording featuring Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall was published in 2012.) [ 2 ] In order to gain the latter's attention, Stravinsky ensured that Rubinstein would find the ...
Rubinstein's first recording was made in 1910; he recorded Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 for the Polish "Favorit" label. [2] The pianist was displeased with the acoustic recording process, which he said made the piano sound “like a banjo” and did not record again until after the advent of electrical recording in 1925.
Arthur Rubinstein KBE OMRI (Polish: Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist. [1] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of ...
Rubinstein was born in 1917 in Russia. [2] He left Russia for Poland with his mother and his twin sister Maria, when his aristocrat father was executed by the Bolsheviks. [2] Sylvin and Maria earned money by dancing in the town marketplace. [2] By their teens, they were dancing professionally, as a flamenco act billed as Imperio y Dolores. [2]