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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell. It was based on the second movement, "Rondeau", of the Abdelazer suite. It was originally commissioned for the British educational documentary ...
Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on what is now regarded as classical music. In the 1960s, music journalism began more prominently ...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice ( French: L'Apprenti sorcier) is a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897. Subtitled " Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's 1797 poem of the same name. By far the most performed and recorded of Dukas' works, its notable appearance in the ...
Music Review: Post Malone's country album 'F-1 Trillion' is a long time coming. It's worth the wait. Two days before Post Malone released “F-1 Trillion,” his sixth studio album and his first ...
Concert program. A concert program (in American English) or concert programme (in British English) is a selection and ordering, or programming, of pieces to be performed at an occasion, or concert. Concert program's can be organized into a booklet. In some occasions the programs might be simpler, and will be put on a piece of paper.
March 14, 1861. Paris. The audience was unruly for several reasons. Whistling and cat-calls occurred the night before, during the premiere of the "Paris version," in response to the music, like the shepherd's piping in Act I. Wagner also did not pay the claque 's fee in order to prevent disruptions.
Concert. A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. [ 1] The performance may be carried by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings, from private houses and small nightclubs, dedicated concert ...
List of most-attended concert tours. Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour is the most-attended tour of all time, with a total of 8.9 million tickets sold in 260 shows. The following is a list of the most-attended concert tours with at least 3.5 million tickets sold, as well as the tours with the most tickets sold by year and the most tickets sold in a single day.