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His first major position was as the official organist for a duke at Weimar. Later he also became director of the duke’s orchestra. His duties included composing a sacred cantata—a type of music for use during church services—every month. In 1723 Bach became the director of church music for the city of Leipzig.
- Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals. Camille Saint-Saëns wrote his humorous suite in February 1886, a time when he should have been working on his Third Symphony, but, admittedly, this work was more “amusant” as he confessed to his Parisian publishers.
- Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Peter and the Wolf is probably the best known classical music tale for children. Commissioned to write a “symphony for children” to introduce them to the instruments of the orchestra, Prokofiev responded with a story in which the different characters are represented by particular instruments: the flute is the bird, the oboe is the quarrelsome duck, the clarinet the slinky cat.
- Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull. Written in 1936, Munro Leaf’s The Story of Ferdinand tells of a gentle bull who doesn’t wish to take part in fierce bullfights but prefers to sit and smell the flowers.
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee. Bzzzzzz! With spring comes the buzzing sound of busy bumblebees. Whether you’re out and about, on your terrace or you forgot to close your window in the late afternoon sun – bzzzzzzzzz – everywhere!
During that month in jail, he wrote forty-six pieces of music, many of which are still performed today. Bach, a dazzling organist and church musician, had to compose all kinds of original pieces for every church service including pieces for choir, organ, harpsichord and orchestra. Since most of his music was written to be performed in a church ...
Aug 15, 2015 · Now that I've given you a list of 5 pieces of music children should know, let's talk about composers your children will enjoy. These are composers who either wrote a lot of music for children, or whose music just APPEALS to children (or the child in all of us). As with ALL of music, this list is subjective, based on my years of teaching elementary school music and the extensive research I have ...
Apr 6, 2023 · Discover Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony. Discover Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony. Special | 56m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Maestro George Marriner Maull leads the Emmy-nominated and Telly ...
Sep 29, 2024 · The ultimate romantic pairing: a full symphony orchestra with a magnificent organ. French composer Camille Saint-Saëns created his “Organ Symphony” in 1886, and it has thrilled audiences ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy. He wrote his first symphony when he was eight, but actually started composing at the age of five.
